Universal health care is a really great and fantastic thing but it cuts into hospital and pharmaceutical profits as they can no longer price gouge there a business there not there to help you there there to make money at least in the united states of America
its time for people in the united states to get more educated on the subjects all below are facts and can be easily googled
Why do prescription medications cost so much more in the U.S. than Canada the united kingdom ,France and other us allies ?
The price gap between American and Canadian drugs continues to grow at a record pace. But what is causing the price of Canadian medications to remain stable while the price of American medications skyrockets? There are two primary reasons:
1. Price Controls
In Canada, a government review board places a maximum market price for all new brand name drugs entering the market, and allows prices to rise only at the rate of inflation. These controls protect the consumer from price gouging by the major pharmaceutical companies and reduce the price difference between brand name and generic drugs.
2. U.S. Consumers Bear the Entire Burden of R&D — and More
American consumers pay roughly 3000 percent more than the actual manufacturing costs, because we are the only nation that does not have price controls and negotiate our drug prices. In a sense, we are bearing the cost of the world’s R&D. However, the prices Americans pay are still excessive — and in fact, drug companies are increasingly pocketing their huge profits rather than reinvesting them. For example, in 2002, 78 new drugs were approved by the FDA. Of those, only 17 were deemed by the FDA to have new active ingredients, and only seven were found to be improvements over the older drugs. On top of that, of the seven found to be an improvement over the older drug, not one of them came from U.S. companies.
The U.S. government is taking baby steps to improve this situation. With Democrats gaining control of Congress, new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has unveiled a plan to have Medicare negotiate with drug companies for lower prices. This plan — further discussed at The Health Care Blog — is supported by 74 percent of Americans, including 70 percent of Republicans.
they say universal health care in socialism spending millions in negative ad campaigns against it not to protect you not to keep you healthy to protect there profits which in the U.S. is the highest in the world they say that the government will a point you a doctor and make you stay on a long waiting list thats all false u can pick any doctor you wish and in “socialized medicine” countries, there are no waiting lists for emergency care your child needs when she experiences a painful, life-threatening asthma attack. And your mother need never choose between paying the heat bill and buying her life-sustaining medications. You may have to wait months, maybe even years, for that knee-joint replacement surgery, but if you fall down the stairs and break your leg, there will be no waiting to get the bone set, a cast applied, and pain medication dispensed—and no bill, either. prices are fixed like in allied countries of ours and even cuba has a better health care system and in the world and provide tons of aid for others during emergencies every person is well taken care of and they have very limited resources alot less then the us and they proved for all there people say what u want about there leader but his people or healthy and most of ours are sick and have some illness and struggle to pay over there inflated medical bill while his people don't have that worry
forward this to all your friends and family don't let the overly wealth 3 percent of the population make your lives harder then they have to be cause universal health care can take alot of troubles out of all our lives which is why i took the time to write this don't let wealthy people fool you out of living a better longer healthier life which they all can afford easily
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