Posted on 12/27/2004 10:48:35 AM PST by zoobee
The American healthcare system is the best in the world. Or so we are often told. But is it really true?
It is certainly the best system for drug companies, which can charge the highest prices in the world to some U.S. consumers. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that average prices for patented drugs in 25 other top industrialized nations were 35% to 55% lower than in the United States.
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Lemme guess....tomorrows article will be about Michael MooreOns new "movie"? Nice setup
It's the best system but "socialized insurance" always drives up costs. Not to mention out of control lawsuits.
Ah- the postings of the trolls. Where is the other side?
This guy obviously is a former Pfizer employee or soon will be.
Just because I post it doesn't mean I agree with it. Quit ASSuming.....
What is that supposed to mean?
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Then where is the "barf alert"?
True, but the system we have now is more than a free market for insurance companies. They face no real competition. If you had to purchase a car the way one does health insurance, the auto dealers would be visited by the Federal Trade Commission and armed with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Health insurance and health care have become luxurious necessities. And we are paying the price for what is really a closed or privileged market, not a free and open one. Congress can either open it up to competition or we face eventual "socialization".
This article is chock full of lies.
Ok.....thanks...
Well....I was hoping people would point them out. I posted this because some guy at work sent me this stating this is his only beef with Bush...so I posted it here in hopes of getting some intelligent responses...and I get called is names. I wonder about some of the people in here.....
No offense, but then perhaps you should add a reply stating that you don't agree with the article, and are posting it so people can take a look.
Just a thought...after all, the trolls have been out in force lately, and people are getting itchy trigger fingers.
I thought our healthcare was already "socialixed" in a sense. Government doesn't "own" the providers but the payment system is from he who does not need to those who do.
That was obvious from the source line.
The LA Times, USA Ptooey, New York Times, CBS, BBS, and other "reputable" news sources have all been caught fabricating news and running hoaxes as legitimate facts.
They are still "reputable", they're reputation is that they are not credible.
Can anyone tell me what to tell this guy at work who insists the drug companies are in Bush's back pocket? Or at least point me to some articles that contradict this soon to be X employee?
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