Anything that is essential to a persons survival shouldnt be placed on a free market. I think thats where most Americans are getting shafted, not by other countries or even immigrants, but Corporate greed.
I was watching Trump speak on a video. His words.
I dont think UK or Europe paying pennies is causing USA to pay $1000, mostly these are different companies. UK and Europe are buying a simple decades old drug, base ingredients are well known. US are buying what their doctor prescribed, and the manufacturers are bribing the doctors to prescribe it. Most of UK people know what a generic drug is. Plus unlike a lot of europe, in UK you can buy a large range of medicines from the supermarket, you dont have to go to a pharmacy. Whatever this problem is, its confined to USA.
Yes, and a lot of European countries subsidize medication for patients. If it costs 15 USD for the patient per month, the government pays the rest, which in some medications is a very substantial sum.
You were asking about the math. Is it true that Americans are paying 1,000% or 2,000% more for the same drugs as Europeans or Asians? Yes! And it's a scam.I was watching Trump speak on a video. His words.
Edit: Here is the same by fox business, if it's less of a brain wash:
Trump says he may use trade to force countries, pharma companies to buy into his most favored nation provision
Trump says he could decrease drug prices by up to 1,000%, suggesting that he might use trade leverage to compel action.www.foxbusiness.com
He said that he would decrease the price by up to 1000%. If you decrease the price by 100% the drug is free. If you decrease it more than that, the pharma company will pay to the patient. But like it has been said, he shouldn't be taken literally.
I know, the way he said it didn't make sense. He should have said it differently.
Last time I was over, I had a whopper headache and wanted an OTC pain reliever like Tylenol or Advil. While on a road trip we stopped at a C-store for gas and snacks... I asked an employee where that sort of product was kept. My pals quickly jumped in, saying essentially, "he's American and doesn't know any better!"
Just as a reference, I can buy a months supply of antihistamine, for £0.79- about $1. 20 ibrufen, same.
I had an eye problem, had a CT scan to make sure it’s not brain degeneration( it wasn’t, FYI) then eye surgery, expert surgeon, anaesthetist, day in hospital, follow up. Went private, cost was about £5000, all paid by my employer insurance. Could have had it free, but would have waited maybe 2 months.
Chief, the housing market in the US is bonkers, with big corpos buying houses to keep the prices up and forcing some to rent. Here we have a government housing loan and a cap on rent increases.... We also dont have subsidies for the corpos, thereby, they rely on actual supply and demand. Same with medicine and food, if the price of one commodity increases enough, the government comes in and either checks for actual prices and would even go as far as look for supply to meet the demand and control the prices.
My dad had two surgical operations just a couple of days ago... total cost from the laboratory tests all the way till his post op was just $4000.00... after the government insurance etc... $2000, after the medicare I got for him .... total bill was $40. It would have been almost free if we went with a government run hospital
Do Americans haggle? Genuine question.
Not on healthcare. You will get kicked out of the office.
