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This is a borderline bad faith argument because the US stands alone as pretty much the only developed nation without universal health care [1] while simultaneou
by jmyeet 4y ago
This is a borderline bad faith argument because the US stands alone as pretty much the only developed nation without universal health care [1] while simultaneously throwing our hands up in the air saying there's nothing we can do.
And that's the problem.
Insulin as just one example is spectacularly expensive in the US [2] for absolutely no good reason and the only way this is allowed to happen is that the Federal government has been successfully lobbied to not negotiate pricing AND to disallow the importation of the exact same medication from other countries.
[1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/heres-a-map-of-the-countries-that-provide-universal-health-care-americas-still-not-on-it/259153/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/he...
[2]: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cost-of-insulin-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cost-of-i...
- defterGoose 4y ago> AND to disallow the importation of the exact same medication from other countries. In other words, "free markets" only and exactly when it benefits the owners of American corporations. And please don't throw some stupid safety and efficacy arguments this way. Pretty sure people in other countries don't like buying tainted drugs either.