), and they are a payoff to never speak against the payer.
The United States is one of only two countries in the world, that allow direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising on television, and through over platforms as well.
The military industrial complex and healthcare industrial complex run this country.
Everyone looks at me like I'm the old man (I am) when I say the only way to fix this country is to start by fixing our health system, starting with the drug companies. It is a massive drain on our economy in my opinion. (I'm not that damn old.)
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Thats Because the drugs they are advertising make the a bazillion dollars if even just a few people get them
Yep. But the pharmaceutical companies make money off of those prescriptions. Patients show up almost demanding those medications, and then more prescriptions are written. This goes along with my above comment that capitalism and healthcare don’t mix.
I don't think drug companies are running the country, but Healthcare and Defense sure seem to be, and Pharma is part of Healthcare.
Insurance companies set their standards based on cost not medical reasons. The root cause of the pharm crisis stems from the extremely high expense to the American consumer on select drugs that the world enjoys at lower cost. Maybe we need an agency such as Canada's PMPRB which helps regulate patented drug prices.
This all day. The United States pays more for medications than any other country in the world and there’s no reason other than they just can.
What i find odd is the notion of "asking my doctor if Fuckyouall is right for me." I can't imagine a scenario where I would be asking for a drug I saw on tv.
Cigarette companies aren’t allowed to advertise. Not exactly the same thing I know, but just saying it has been done before
I would 100% take a drug called Fuckyouall. I don’t even care what it does
Yeah it's been done before. And personally I think it should be done a lot more.
Well, you and I can drink vodka together on this one, comrade
It's a feature not a bug in the system.
Just to expound on the point, in many countries the government puts price controls on medications so that limits their costs. Here there is virtually no regulation so the prices are almost limitless and sadly it’s on medications that can be potentially life saving or a necessity to have. One of my daughters has an anaphylaxis allergic reaction to stinging insects like bees and wasps so it necessary that we have epi pens. They’re nearly 600 dollars for two.
Tradeoffs. How to create a system that benefits most people, including doctors who endure a brutal education and, in some specialties, long work hours and difficult conditions (God bless oncologists and oncology nurses)? France's healthcare system is good but I can't imagine many Americans wanting to go to med school and earn what French docs earn when you can make more don't something else.
There have been a few times when my wife has had to take time away from seeing patients to talk to "Gregg" in Mumbai to explain why a procedure is necessary. She's licensed by the state "Gregg" isn't.
