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Why the U.S. Pays More Than Other Countries for Drugs
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<blockquote data-quote="jayem" data-source="post: 68931911" data-attributes="member: 8344"><p>Nothing we don't already know, but a good summary from the WSJ. There are 2 major reasons:</p><p></p><p>1) We don't have a unified health insurance system that can negotiate lower prices with drug companies.</p><p></p><p>2) Other countries consider cost-effectiveness when approving drugs.</p><p></p><p>Of course, we'd see #2 as a form of the dreaded R-word--rationing. The article also notes the frequently made claim that R & D would be hampered if we controlled prices as other countries do. (I'm very doubtful. I would like to see all the TV, print, and other drug advertising hampered. I think those millions of $$$ can be used for better purposes.)</p><p></p><p>It's fundamentally an issue of values. Americans are suspicious of regulating economic activity. And we're strongly individualistic regarding health care, and reject anything that even remotely could be considered rationing:</p><p></p><p><em>Countries with national health systems tend to feel “we are all in this together” and “we can’t afford everything for everybody at any price,” said Steven Pearson, a physician who founded the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston nonprofit that evaluates the cost-effectiveness of health care. “In America it’s more, ‘Well, I’ve paid my insurance premium and I don’t want anyone to tell me no. I don’t want anyone to get in the way of me and my doctor.’ ”</em></p><p></p><p>The article--and the user comments after--are a good read.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-u-s-pays-more-than-other-countries-for-drugs-1448939481" target="_blank">http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-u-s-pays-more-than-other-countries-for-drugs-1448939481</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayem, post: 68931911, member: 8344"] Nothing we don't already know, but a good summary from the WSJ. There are 2 major reasons: 1) We don't have a unified health insurance system that can negotiate lower prices with drug companies. 2) Other countries consider cost-effectiveness when approving drugs. Of course, we'd see #2 as a form of the dreaded R-word--rationing. The article also notes the frequently made claim that R & D would be hampered if we controlled prices as other countries do. (I'm very doubtful. I would like to see all the TV, print, and other drug advertising hampered. I think those millions of $$$ can be used for better purposes.) It's fundamentally an issue of values. Americans are suspicious of regulating economic activity. And we're strongly individualistic regarding health care, and reject anything that even remotely could be considered rationing: [I]Countries with national health systems tend to feel “we are all in this together” and “we can’t afford everything for everybody at any price,” said Steven Pearson, a physician who founded the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston nonprofit that evaluates the cost-effectiveness of health care. “In America it’s more, ‘Well, I’ve paid my insurance premium and I don’t want anyone to tell me no. I don’t want anyone to get in the way of me and my doctor.’ ”[/I] The article--and the user comments after--are a good read. [URL]http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-u-s-pays-more-than-other-countries-for-drugs-1448939481[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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