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

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:36:29 GMT, "George Conklin"
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>"Riku Simonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > >Subject: Re: US med. industry are ripp-off compared to Europen system
>> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (Riku Simonen)
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>> > >Yes, but your system where 30 tab. of 5mg Valium costs 90 USD (in
>> > >American internet pharmacy) and here 7 euro tells that lack of price
>> > >controls leads not to price competition but to extremely greedy
>> > >pricing in US. All european countries have some kind of price controls
>> >
>> > >because it leads to considerable lower prices. System is simply better
>> > >for people. And there is principal point too: medicine are basic goods
>> > >which should be available also for low-income system.
>> >
>> > Because we have a society and a government that believes price controls
>are
>> > evil, we will never have them.  That and the drug industry has covinced
>our
>> > representatives that without a free market, the rest of world would not
>have
>> > new drugs.
>> >
>> > Denise
>>
>> What an illusion and hypocracy! Good americans again saving the world.
>> Get real!
>
>   She never is.  When you think "We have the best medicine in the world,"
>you can justify anything silly.
>
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EVER wonder just why the USA is the favorite location for citizens of
other nations to obtain their healthcare, Georgie?  

Nah... why would you think about that?

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>
>Fact is that european drug companies are profitable and
>> produce lots of new drugs so American companies are handy but not
>> neccesary for world medicine needs.
>
>   The idea is that

>> I just feel pity for those millions of uninsured poor people who can't
>> afford medicine they need. A morally unacceptable situation at least
>> from european point of view.
>>
>> Riku
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>   I agree Riku, but then when budgets need to be cut, as in California,
>drugs for the poor are the first thing to go.  But what about doctor visits?
>30% of American do not have a regular relationship with a doctor.  We were
>discussing that at work with a journal editor. Those over 65 had Medicare,
>but the rest just stop in somewhere with a doc-in-the-box when they are
>really sick and hope for the best.  We are importing a lot of food from
>Mexico, and recently 500+ people got sick from Hepatitis A due to poor
>sanitary conditions in Mexico.
>

In truth who REALLY gives a damn about the 'European point of view'?
Certainly we've got our problems in the US, no doubt of that, but we
cerainly don't need input from the other side of the water

pixie

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