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This article doesn't really make a compelling case. Facts would have been nice.(I would spend x dollars for the drug I need in the US which is more than I would
by S_A_P 12y ago
This article doesn't really make a compelling case. Facts would have been nice.(I would spend x dollars for the drug I need in the US which is more than I would spend flying to the UK and getting 6 months worth at a time. Or something like the drug I need is in short supply in the US so I go to where it's plentiful in the UK)
What is so screwed about it in the authors eyes?
- k-mcgrady 12y ago>> "What is so screwed about it in the authors eyes?" Maybe I missed something but it seems blantantly obvious. In the US he has to pay for health insurance PLUS $720 a month for drugs he needs. In the UK this is provided at almost no cost to the patient through taxes. No health insurance and no huge drug cost.
- refurb 12y agoSo maybe a more fair comparison would be to compare total costs in the US (insurance premium and drug cost) to the total costs in the UK (higher taxes and small Rx cost)? Of course the end result would all depend on your salary level.
- Cowen 12y agoVox did something a while back that's more along those lines.[1] The cost of care in the US is much higher than in other countries. There are a bunch of reasons for this, and everyone has their preferred scapegoats and solutions, but the end result is that healthcare prices in the US are astronomically higher than in other countries. So it's often cheaper to just go somewhere else and buy the care you need there at a fraction of the cost. [1] http://www.vox.com/cards/health-prices/america-is-getting-gouged-on-health-care-prices http://www.vox.com/cards/health-prices/america-is-getting-go...
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