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Absolutely. But in the UK, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, etc... nobody would be refused their medicine because the payment system didn't work. Even if the comp
by Blahah 3y ago
Absolutely. But in the UK, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, etc... nobody would be refused their medicine because the payment system didn't work. Even if the computers didn't work.
In the USA, people can and do die because there's a financial barrier to accessing medicine. Not so in countries that care about people.
- culturestate 3y ago> But in …Germany…etc... nobody would be refused their medicine because the payment system didn't work. Even if the computers didn't work. If the computers didn’t work, it would be incredibly painful in Germany because most pharmacies don’t regularly stock most prescription drugs. They’re often ordered from central warehouses on demand - i.e. if you walk in with a prescription for Xanax in the morning, you’ll typically need to come back in the afternoon to pick it up. That ordering process is entirely digital. If you suddenly switched to paper forms, phone calls, and faxes, it’d be a nightmare.
- Blahah 3y agoI have never experienced that problem. I've had my prescriptions filled without having to wait for stock dozens of times in Berlin.
- culturestate 3y agoIt's not really a "problem" because you can usually get them the same day, but I can assure you that it's a thing, especially if you take controlled medications like Methylphenidate. An even more fun quirk is that because different pharmacies seem to use different distributors, you'll sometimes have to hop around until you find one whose distributor has whatever your medication is in stock. I once had to go to four different pharmacies in Mitte before I found one that could order Zolpidem.
- Blahah 3y agoMethylphenidate is exactly what I take - strange and interesting that we have opposite experiences, but in Xberg I never had a problem