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> Yeah, but that's America's choice to pay so much more for drugs that the rest of the world pays less for. It doesn't make the US system in any way better. Y
by chimeracoder 7y ago
> Yeah, but that's America's choice to pay so much more for drugs that the rest of the world pays less for. It doesn't make the US system in any way better.
Yes, I agree that it's a foolish choice for the US to subsidize foreign countries' healthcare in this manner. Regardless of this decision that we both agree is foolish, it means that it's misleading to compare cost-effectiveness between the US and other countries directly.
- mcv 7y agoI disagree. You can still compare. There's nothing that requires the US to subsidise corporations. They just choose to do so by not negotiating lower prices.