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Old 11-21-2007, 08:09 PM  
CarlosTheGaucho
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Originally Posted by GreyWolf View Post
Another myth - UHC countries generally don't have taxes levels any different from the US. There are also extreme examples where taxation is almost next to nothing, but healthcare standards are on par with the US annually. We are based in one such country and pay $250/year for totally comprehensive healthcare.
It's more like there are in general always HUGE profits in pharmacy and healthcare.. but nowhere in the world that huge as in US..

The logic behind it is simple - if you would ever choose five times cheaper solution if the cheaper one is 95 pct. succesfull and the super expensive one 96 pct. succesfull, will you be able to justify that?

Also many medicaments are in fact duplicated classic meds just different name and package and price 200 - 500 pct. up.
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