Why health care in the US is so high
Mar 27, 2020 13:59:52 #
Just one example from Wikipedia
Hydroxychloroquine was approved for medical use in the United States in 1955.[1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the safest and most effective medicines needed in a health system.[5] The wholesale cost in the developing world is about US$4.65 per month as of 2015, when used for rheumatoid arthritis or lupus.[6] In the United States the wholesale cost of a month of treatment is about US$25 as of 2020.[7] In the United Kingdom this dose costs the NHS about £ 5.15.[8] In 2017, it was the 128th most prescribed medication in the United States with more than five million prescriptions.
Note how our cost is about 500% higher.
Hydroxychloroquine was approved for medical use in the United States in 1955.[1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the safest and most effective medicines needed in a health system.[5] The wholesale cost in the developing world is about US$4.65 per month as of 2015, when used for rheumatoid arthritis or lupus.[6] In the United States the wholesale cost of a month of treatment is about US$25 as of 2020.[7] In the United Kingdom this dose costs the NHS about £ 5.15.[8] In 2017, it was the 128th most prescribed medication in the United States with more than five million prescriptions.
Note how our cost is about 500% higher.
Mar 27, 2020 14:12:42 #
Apr 11, 2020 21:45:01 #
Funny a Drug I took 50 years ago in the Paratroopers in Viet Nam for Malaria which I got anyway,,,is now maybe a Miracle Drug for the C***d V***s....Hope it works...
Apr 11, 2020 22:23:53 #
Angmo wrote:
We need to reduce regulations a bit.
That’s the opposite of what needs to happen. You’re obtuse.
Apr 11, 2020 23:20:28 #
Apr 12, 2020 00:09:57 #
RixPix wrote:
That’s the opposite of what needs to happen. You’re obtuse.
If you only had a brain.
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