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Lifer
- Mar 11, 2000
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Hayabusa,
Basically, you're trying to justify huge, huge profits by big pharma. What the doctors and even the regulators are saying is that yes, big pharma deserves profits, but it should not be price gouging like this company is doing. And I agree.
Basically, you're trying to justify huge, huge profits by big pharma. What the doctors and even the regulators are saying is that yes, big pharma deserves profits, but it should not be price gouging like this company is doing. And I agree.
Therein lies the problem. No good way to reign in pricing in the US. Hence the companies try to milk the US. It's interesting, because even when the development of the drugs is outside the US (eg. in Europe), the pricing in the US is usually higher.And a lot of that is due to our healthcare system. Canada has single payer, we don't. Another huge factor is we have the ability to pay. The biggest issue is we don't have good measures for price control in the US, outside of medicare.
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