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I always thought the high prices in the US was because of not having universal healthcare - when you are buying for millions of people, you can have lower price
by kevindqc 8y ago
I always thought the high prices in the US was because of not having universal healthcare - when you are buying for millions of people, you can have lower prices? It's not like the US is the only country that regulates drugs?
- skookumchuck 8y agoFor an extensive article on how regulation dramatically increases health care costs: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/how-american-health-care-killed-my-father/307617/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/how-ame...
- refurb 8y agoUnited Healthcare, a US insurer, covers 40M people. That's bigger than the entire population of Canada, but Canada has cheaper drugs.
- kevindqc 8y agoGood point, thanks