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I buy two of my prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies. Excellent quality at prices @ 1/3 of what they'd cost in the US.
Due to government-imposed price controls...on drugs actually available in Canada. On the flip-side, it is a longer more arduous task to get a drug approved in Canda than in the U.S. and, hence, a lot of medications available in the States simply cannot be obtained in Canada (at any price).
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Originally Posted by AnonChick
That isn't entirely true. UK citizens are heavily taxed via income tax, property tax, National Insurance, capital gains taxes, inheritence taxes, and corporate tax...That is where your "free" prescriptions come from. It's paid by you, back when you were working for a living. And by your parents, and your siblings, and their families, and anyone and everyone else who works for a living. It's all paid for by taxes.
To Albion...you are the first to respond to that in depth article. I had to read it in stages because it was so upsetting.
There are so many US residents who don't know the full extent of the exorbitant costs in our health care system.
It makes me laugh baileyvpotter when posters likeTober138 & AnonChick talk about the taxes people pay in the UK for healthcare. People in the states are paying hundreds of dollars a month just for health care far more than any monthly national insurance payments Brits pay.
The article you posted says it all, in brief it says what most people already know, Americans are being ripped off big time, but because US politicians are bought and paid for by the big HMO's nothing will change until the people get off their collective arses and do something about it.
The probable reason that no one else responded to your article is because basically they know that they are being scammed, but can't face that simple fact.
To Albion...you are the first to respond to that in depth article. I had to read it in stages because it was so upsetting.
There are so many US residents who don't know the full extent of the exorbitant costs in our health care system.
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Originally Posted by albion
It makes me laugh baileyvpotter when posters likeTober138 & AnonChick talk about the taxes people pay in the UK for healthcare. People in the states are paying hundreds of dollars a month just for health care far more than any monthly national insurance payments Brits pay.
The article you posted says it all, in brief it says what most people already know, Americans are being ripped off big time, but because US politicians are bought and paid for by the big HMO's nothing will change until the people get off their collective arses and do something about it.
The probable reason that no one else responded to your article is because basically they know that they are being scammed, but can't face that simple fact.
It makes me laugh baileyvpotter when posters likeTober138 & AnonChick talk about the taxes people pay in the UK for healthcare. People in the states are paying hundreds of dollars a month just for health care far more than any monthly national insurance payments Brits pay.
The article you posted says it all, in brief it says what most people already know, Americans are being ripped off big time, but because US politicians are bought and paid for by the big HMO's nothing will change until the people get off their collective arses and do something about it.
The probable reason that no one else responded to your article is because basically they know that they are being scammed, but can't face that simple fact.
I don't pay any monthly fee for my insurance. It's paid for by my husband's employer. So you can't even say I'm paying for it with my tax money, or with my paycheck. For me, the only thing I pay is the $10 co-pay when I go to the doctor's office, and the $5 for a 90-day prescription of medicine, and $25 if I have to go to the emergency room, and $50 if I'm admitted into the hospital.
In the USA, if you work for a big company, your medical insurance is either covered fully, or partly, by the employer. Your own out of pocket expenses end up being pretty minimal.
I don't pay any monthly fee for my insurance. It's paid for by my husband's employer. So you can't even say I'm paying for it with my tax money, or with my paycheck. For me, the only thing I pay is the $10 co-pay when I go to the doctor's office, and the $5 for a 90-day prescription of medicine, and $25 if I have to go to the emergency room, and $50 if I'm admitted into the hospital.
In the USA, if you work for a big company, your medical insurance is either covered fully, or partly, by the employer. Your own out of pocket expenses end up being pretty minimal.
I hope you understand that you are just one of the lucky ones. At one time my husband and I
both had the same type of coverage as you have but SLOWLY the company cut back deeper
and deeper every year.
You are in the minority, most people are paying a good portion of their salary for sub-standard
insurance coverage. And many hard working people have no insurance coverage at all.
Folks, this has wandered off topic. The OP asked if you had noticed your meds coast more. The topic is NOT which country has the better system, what politics has to do with it, etc. Please stick to the topic!
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