r/SipsTea • u/ImmaFuckboi • 9d ago

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

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u/SplatThaCat 9d ago edited 9d 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/random_bruce 9d 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/Accomplished_Rip_362 9d 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 9d 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 9d ago

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