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I'm just pointing out the obvious.

Agreed.

Got any examples of drugs we have that, say, Canada doesn't?

 

The problem with supply and demand in pharmaceuticals is that, in many cases, demand isn't fungible. A person needs a certain drug and, without it, they die. Choices are limited.

 

Sad!

 

A few of these people remained never Trumpers
Some, like Ben Domenech, Katie Pavlich and Dana Loesch, became Trump apologists quicker than you can say Fox News contributor

 

funglible applies to generic vs name brand drugs.
I think the term you’re looking for is elasticity
Demand for a good is said to be inelastic when the elasticity is less than one in absolute value: that is, changes in price have a relatively small effect on the quantity demanded.
my daughter had her thyroid removed, she needs medicine everyday to replace what the thyroid removed. She’s die without it. It’s relatively cheap drug and millions take it everyday. But how much would you pay for a drug that keeps your daughter alive?

that scumbag senator from West bumfuck Virginia and his greedy offspring know all about this, see EpiPen . Which is why I’ll read their obits with glee and the sooner the better.

 

/not laughing about $6000

 

I worked in Japan for a couple of years and was in their health system because I developed afib there. I was told when I started treatment that waits would be a problem. The longest I waited was 45 minutes for a test. I used to see my Japanese cardiologist, who had worked at Columbia Presbyterian and at one of the big Houston hospitals on Saturday afternoons. Try to get a cardiologist's appointment here on a Saturday here. And he charged me $30 a visit.

I also knew an American M.D. who taught in a Japanese hospital. I asked him which country had better care. He said it depended. For example he thought American oncology and orthopedics was better. But he thought Japanese gastrologists were better.

I know a fair amount of people who have been in both the American and the Japanese or French medical systems. I have not met any who preferred the American medical system. They thought care was at least comparable and they did not miss the American insurance system at all.

I know this is anecdotal but I have not seen the dissatisfaction with medical systems in other countries that you have detected.

 

FWIW, that migrant camp is now empty. Does the administration get credit for moving those people as quickly as it possibly could once the problem exploded?

 

never mind that shit

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