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Why the U.S. Pays More Than Other Countries for Drugs
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<blockquote data-quote="fargonic" data-source="post: 68932518" data-attributes="member: 363983"><p>There's a high proportion of blockbuster drugs that were actually developed by NIH-funded research which the big pharma companies grab onto, so in a sense we the taxpayers pay for the drug development AND then we get to pay top dollar for the final product and we are told that if we complain the new blockbuster drugs will dry up and we won't have any more.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.citizen.org/documents/ACFDC.PDF" target="_blank">http://www.citizen.org/documents/ACFDC.PDF</a></p><p></p><p>But, hey, why not? Prior to the ACA we paid the most percapita for healthcare of any developed first world nation and we didn't have the top scores on things like longevity or childhood survival rates. </p><p></p><p>We "value" "fiscal conservative" ideals like pay the most and getting less than the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fargonic, post: 68932518, member: 363983"] There's a high proportion of blockbuster drugs that were actually developed by NIH-funded research which the big pharma companies grab onto, so in a sense we the taxpayers pay for the drug development AND then we get to pay top dollar for the final product and we are told that if we complain the new blockbuster drugs will dry up and we won't have any more. [URL]http://www.citizen.org/documents/ACFDC.PDF[/URL] But, hey, why not? Prior to the ACA we paid the most percapita for healthcare of any developed first world nation and we didn't have the top scores on things like longevity or childhood survival rates. We "value" "fiscal conservative" ideals like pay the most and getting less than the best. [/QUOTE]
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