Re: US med. industry are ripp-off compared to Europen system

>Subject: US med. industry are ripp-off compared to Europen system
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

>Your private mecical system produces high doctor's bills and very
>expensive
>drugs. Please compare them to finnish prices: 20 min. in private
>doctor 35 euro
>30 tabs. of zopiclone (Imovane, price here of Zopiclone Alpharma:

>5.45euro)
>Milkopen antibiotics 15 tab. 6 euro All prices are regular pharmacy
>prices that government has not subsidised in any way.
>90% subsidiazed long psochotherapy 2-3 times per week up to 3 years.

>regards
>
>Riku


Most U.S. citizens have health care insurance and low co-payments to cover
their office visits and hospitalizations.  Those whose income is too low
generally are covered my Medicaid.  Approximatel 43 million people have no
health care coverage and hospitals generally end up writing them off.

The reason for high drug prices is:

lack of price controls-we are a free market society

impact of health insurance, HMOs, MCPs
on the population that does not have coverage.

Our House of Representatives passed a bill to provide prescription coverage for
those of us on Medicare.  It is a poorly structured bill and will not provide
sufficent coverage.


Plrase do not take George seriously.  Everything that is wrong with our health
care, according to him, is a vast conspiacy by the AMA.


Denise