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> In any case, the socialized health care probably doesn't cover the drugs that get to exported to foreigners like you? Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but large
by DanBC 7y ago
> In any case, the socialized health care probably doesn't cover the drugs that get to exported to foreigners like you?
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but large markets (socialised healthcare systems) can negotiate a fair market price for medications. This is something that the US system prevents.
Have a look at mebendazole. It's on the WHO list of essential medication. It's old so available as generic.
In the UK this costs a few pounds per tablet. https://bnf.nice.org.uk/medicinal-forms/mebendazole.html https://bnf.nice.org.uk/medicinal-forms/mebendazole.html
In the US it currently costs $440 (about £340) per tablet.
There are many similar examples: Americans pay huge amounts for medications that should be cheap.
- eru 7y agoIn economics, the usual prescription for high price despite low manufacturing costs is to lower barriers to entry. There's probably a legal reason why someone can't just set up a company to buy mebendazole in bulk in the UK and ship it to the US and sell it for eg $200 per tablet?