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Very true. The medical-debt induced bankruptcy is the most visible sign but don't ignore the absolutely huge sums diverted from paying employees to paying for
by curiouscats 11y ago
Very true. The medical-debt induced bankruptcy is the most visible sign but don't ignore the absolutely huge sums diverted from paying employees to paying for health care
The USA pays more than twice what the rest of the rich world does for health care for no better outcomes. This isn't only due to drug pricing but drug pricing obviously cost USA consumers tens of billions a year in increased health care costs just because it means they pay much more in insurance costs (or even less noticeable have part of their paycheck diverted to pay inflated drug prices impact on health care costs) doesn't mean they avoid the high costs of this corruption based pricing.
It is very unlikely this system is going to be changed. It has been going on for decades at huge costs to the USA. Maybe (I just maybe) it will be slowed some if the public forces politicians to reduce the amount of the paybacks given by the Democrats and Republicans to drug companies at the expense of everyone else. Meaningful change is very unlikely. The parties are far too corrupt at this point to make any significant change in policy likely.