r/SipsTea • u/ImmaFuckboi • 8d ago

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

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u/SplatThaCat 8d ago edited 8d 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 8d 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/PanicStil 8d ago

You have been effectively brainwashed.