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[–] 198 points 1 year ago (10 children)

He added, “We want the same prices Europe gets, we want the same prices other country gets.”

Europeans pay very little for healthcare because they use a system designed to provide affordable healthcare and not to enrich the wealthy...

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  • [–] 92 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Here in the States, we call that system communism.

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    Fuck the EDF!

    sorry Red Faction: Guerrilla has irrevocably changed my associations of certain phrases. Damn good game also my first PS3 game.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's a single entity that buys all the drugs and distributes it out where it's needed. It's called buying power and is very effective in negotiating a deal. They also allow generic drugs in most cases, so the patients and hospitals have options and are not held for ransom by big pharma.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "But if the "single entity" does not buy enough (because the government cut the budget), THEN PEOPLE DIE!" - something I vaguely remember from debates one time the US considered possibly offering something approaching centralized health care.

    I don't know how the fuck it works. I assume the "single entity" just buys more and the government doesn't cut the budget?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A real country informa a pharmaceutical what they will pay per dose for certain drugs, and if no company will agree then they will open their own labs to produce the drugs at cost. Free marker capitalism is incompatible with human decency

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