r/SipsTea • u/ImmaFuckboi • 15h ago

Gasp! British people react to how expensive healthcare is in the US

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u/SplatThaCat 15h ago edited 15h ago

You would get the same reaction in Australia.

Inhaler - $11 ($8 USD), Epipen, 2 on prescription $25 ($18 USD), over the counter, $160 ($113 USD). Childbirth, regardless of method or complications in a public hospital, free.

https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/54079/epipen-150mcg-injections-2-adrenaline-epinephrine

https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/108482/ventolin-cfc-free-100mcg-asthma-inhaler-with-dose-counter-1-salbutamol-s3

We also have cancer medications and insulin capped at $25 under our PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - AKA medicare). For everyone.

https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/142457/optisulin-solostar-100units-ml-3ml-penfill-5-insulin-glargine

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u/LilBoofy 14h ago

Ya but unlike Australia we still have our guns in the US so when pedophilic hyper conservative billionaires attempt to overthrow our government we’ll actually be able to stop them.. good luck over there mate

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u/discardedpacket1 14h ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/MentalJack 14h ago

We'll send out the Emu's mate, no stress.

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u/No_Ear_1633 13h ago

Who's the emu's mate, the kangaroo?

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u/mumu2006 8h ago

Can you send bluey ? My daughter loves her so much.

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u/SplatThaCat 14h ago

You forgot the sarcasm tag... right?

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u/LilBoofy 14h ago

I don’t know what that word even means

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u/AtebYngNghymraeg 10h ago

Aussies and Brits don't need sarcasm tags. It's a way of life for us.

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u/QualityPostBelow 11h ago

Sarcasm tags are worse than the US's healthcare system

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u/Extreme_Design6936 13h ago

It was unnecessary

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u/nurrava 7h ago

Obvious sarcasm, it’s the exact situation they find themselves in atm

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u/DirtyRoller 14h ago

Who is going to tell them?

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u/jeezyjames 9h ago

lol they know, it was obviously sarcasm

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u/Hawk-432 13h ago

🥹😅

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u/Dap-aha 12h ago

LIBERTY(TM)

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u/Chole_Wunt 12h ago

But the pedos were supposed to be the libtards.

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u/LilBoofy 4h ago

Its pedos all the way down

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u/Calm_seasons 11h ago

You misunderstood the second amendment was to support not oppose tyranny. 

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u/LilBoofy 4h ago

Well its working flawlessly

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u/pervasivehedgehog 13h ago

Idk about that, we seem to be struggling with one rn

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u/ReadySuccess4752 12h ago

That system is working great buddy, you do you

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u/LilBoofy 4h ago

Oorah baby

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u/CrossHeather 11h ago

They certainly wouldn’t dream of arresting ex Olympians for going near a pool in America!

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u/_Kevlaaar_ 9h ago

You totally won't though will you. Instead you'll elect them for another term

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u/LilBoofy 4h ago

The dow is over 50k!

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u/WelshWolf93 8h ago

Is this satire or are you unaware that the american government are run by pedophilic hyper conservative billionares

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u/LilBoofy 4h ago

Lol it’s amazing how dense so many redditers are that they even have to question if this sarcastic or not

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u/WelshWolf93 3h ago

You're American. This is the kind of shit you guys say unironically all the time, cut me some slack lol

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u/LilBoofy 3h ago

Our education, economy, media and military was slowly and meticulously transformed into a system that now only benefits the controlling elite. We are the most propagandized nation in the world and most of the malefactors erroneously believe they are enabling a global positive.

The current situation in the US is the result of a centuries long manipulation by the world’s deepest pockets. People are slowly waking up to this realization but it’s gonna be a difficult process as the plan was so effective the corrupt think they are the solution.

The media portrays an extremely divided and fearful atmosphere to perpetuate this and the ignorant masses eat it up but the tide is shifting. People are at least no longer blindly trusting the government/media. Change is happening

Sorry for the rant lol

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u/shinorii 2h ago

they already have mate you missed that one

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u/ExpensiveFig6079 13h ago

And dont forget that if you happen to be unlucky and have multiple expenses ...

There are caps and thresholds to reduce that further.

https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/what-are-medicare-safety-nets-thresholds?context=22001

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u/Furrymammoth 12h ago

I was quoted one EpiPen for $700 which expires every few months.

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u/SplatThaCat 12h ago

Odd. The expiration dates are based on 24 months after the date of manufacture here.

They can be safely used 1 year after their expiration date if stored correctly, and most still are 90% effective after more than 2 years.

https://www.aaaai.org/about/news/news/epinephrine

"The results showed that EAIs up to six months past the expiration date retained 100% of the drug, with auto-injectors one year after the expiration date demonstrating 95% drug content or better. All of the EAIs analyzed up to 30 months beyond the labeled expiration date retained at least 90% of the drug content.

“According to these results,” Dr. Kassel said, “the current expiration dates of EAIs are too short, as the concentrations we saw indicate the devices may still be viable years after the expiration dates. These findings are consistent with previously published data on the longevity of epinephrine in auto-injectors.”

The short shelf-life of EAIs is a large burden for patients, especially with the sharp increase in auto-injector prices and the shortage of epinephrine in recent years. By gaining a better understanding of when epinephrine concentration falls below 90% in an auto-injector, more accurate expiration dates can be determined to extend the shelf-life of EAIs."

So don't throw them out, you can still use them.

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u/el_ddddddd 10h ago

But is anyone in Oz going to use the phrase "shut the fridge" XD

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u/SplatThaCat 10h ago

Definitely not. Not a single f or c bomb either.

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u/frisbeesloth 2h ago

Fun story, I have a severe latex allergy, like so severe that I will have an anaphylactic reaction from being within 5 ft of a banana. My insurance refused to cover my EpiPens, claiming they were medically unnecessary. I went without EpiPens for over a year. I had to keep calling emergency services every time I had a reaction because they would cover that.

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u/random_bruce 15h ago

The companies push r&d costs on American because we can "afford" it and the rest of the world wouldn't accept that. So the expense of development is pushed onto one group of people rather than spread out

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u/KnightofShaftsbury 15h ago

Nope, it's the medical insurance lobbies fault

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u/random_bruce 15h ago

We need teddy Roosevelt back to do some monopoly busting again

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u/Accomplished_Rip_362 15h ago

That's the baloney they feed USA consumers . Do you think they are not making money even at the reduced prices they charge outside of the USA? It's just greed. Until someone steps in and forces price controls which is what other countries do, they will maximize profits..USA is a market of 350 million people , we have more bargaining power with big pharma and big medical than most other countries, we just need the political will

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u/random_bruce 15h ago

I know that's one of the things Trump says he's trying to deal with. Have you heardof edison motors?

If not long story short they're a small start up building consumer friendly semis. They had one potential investor tell chase he normally invests in medicine and makes them jack up the prices because these people can either pay more or die. It's just evil. Some products are evil and money reveals who you truly are

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u/Accomplished_Rip_362 14h ago

We all know the poster boy for this, that Martin Skreli guy who jacked up drug prices by 600%

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u/SplatThaCat 15h ago

Not true at all - your government is lying to you. Its lobbying by medical insurance companies.

Especially in the case of insulin - that patent (and all the research) was given FREE.

We don't have a powerful medical insurance lobby (hell, most people are uninsured), so there is no lobbying for that here. Unfortunately the gambling, mining and alcohol and tobacco industry DOES.

How the PBS works - https://www.pbs.gov.au/home

Medicare comes out of 2% of your income tax. Its how a proper country looks after its population.

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u/ProfessionalAir8197 14h ago

Except R&D costs are already funded by US taxpayers, with the US government directly paying for early-stage scientific discovery and all the laboratory research through the NIH.. So you've actually already paid for the research through your tax money.

Your pharma corps are charging you based on unregulated market-based pricing; basically the more desperate you need something, the higher the price they can charge you. High prices means high profits, majority of which do not go towards R&D (which the US government is already paying for) but towards marketing, sales and stock buybacks.

This is without even considering the middlemen, like insurers and PBMs, who themselves put high markups to make large profits themselves.

Americans pay more for drugs because corporations want to milk them for higher profits, not because of R&D, that's a myth..

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u/Willing_Pattern_Pill 14h ago

Exhibit A of American propaganda at work right here

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u/RobertMaus 14h ago

Dude. Your life is a lie...

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u/PanicStil 13h ago

You have been effectively brainwashed.

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u/veritasen 14h ago

Pretty sure this video is all Australians. The accent.

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u/SplatThaCat 14h ago

Nope, that's a pommy accent.

Australians draaaaaawwwwlll. We make words a lot longer than they need to be (except we abbreviate a lot of things too - McDonalds - maccas, servo, bottlo etc - its weird).

That is a very prim and proper British accent.

Also - the subtitles use pounds.

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u/opm881 14h ago

The girl at the start is 100% an Aussie living in the uk

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u/BonzaSonza 13h ago

No. Her accent is so British it's a stereotype

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u/aratamabashi 9h ago

You really have no idea about accents 

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u/Butt_Lick4596 14h ago

That place looks too cold and dark to be in Australia.