The government decides what can be sold, and what can't be sold. The government is also restricting the supply of drugs so that prices stay high. The result is that american consumers are paying for the drugs that the rest of the world is using. Gov. Blagojevich in Illinois is lobbying the FDA to let Illinois buy drugs in Canada, and the FDA is refusing! Further, the drug companies are trying to limit supplies to Canada to keep prices high in the US.
Let's get a truly free market, and maybe people will be able to afford the prices. Of course, the rest of the world will lose their free ride.
Hi, All.
Most folks use the increasing %age of uninsured to demark the affordability crisis of health care in this country -- a crisis that is doubtless killing tens of thousands annually. But, surprise -- even many of the insured are going off life-saving prescription meds as insurance covers an ever smaller part of the cost, while drug company and insurance company profits soar. But hey -- we have a "free market," and that's all that matters, right?
For the gory details, see Study says many quit pills in 3-tier prescription plan.
The copays on our Rx drugs this year will be well over $2,000 -- when we started working in 1980, there were no copays. Is it any wonder the WHO ranked the U.S. health-care system 71st in the world in their last survey (and we've doubtless dropped a few slots since...)
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