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JCMach1

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7. At the end of the day, we allow them to do this... all in the name of 'free market'

Reply to PumpkinAle (Original post)

Sat Sep 26, 2015, 09:02 AM

Sep 2015

which has never existed for health care...

Drug prices were 1/2 to 1/10th the cost in a private insurance system in the UAE. The difference... STRICT price controls.

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The Inhumanity of US drug prices compared to other countries [View all] PumpkinAle Sep 2015 OP

I know of an MS patient who takes one pill for $7000/month. Frustratedlady Sep 2015 #1

your president and congress spend more than half the nation's wealth on wars and cops. sorry nt msongs Sep 2015 #2

I will be buying a generic version of Gilead's Hep C drug Harvoni from India. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #3

Nexium is now OTC Warpy Sep 2015 #4

It's different everywhere DFW Sep 2015 #5

canadadrugs dot com Scuba Sep 2015 #6

At the end of the day, we allow them to do this... all in the name of 'free market' JCMach1 Sep 2015 #7

It is simply corruption Facility Inspector Sep 2015 #8

Time to expropriate and nationalize Big Pharma. n/t Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #9