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Originally Posted by kell490
Not just private insurance companies it's medical industry perfect example is medication cost same drug in Canada can be 10 times cheaper. I once had some knee surgery was given crutches never really even used them maybe one day. Looked at what my insurance company was charged $250. Why would something like that cost so much? This was 20 years ago I used them 1 day and a year later dropped them off at goodwill where they sold them for $20 each. Insurance company didn't care because they just pass along the cost to everyone. Single payer systems such as in Japan and UK control their cost by setting the prices because the government is the only payer medical corporations have no choice. I have heard the claim that it will damage R&D of new drugs if they are forced to reduce profits I don't think so.
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And limiting who can get what care.....
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