Canadian Politiican Prefers American Medicine

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Another reason the US is so lucrative for big pharma is their ability to twist patent law to gain exclusive sales of drugs at inflated prices for longer

Argh, so true -- four dollar plan compared to the way more expensive brand names? Though, some of the pharmacists have admitted that if they made the smallest breakthrough with a med and could make bank out of it... they would.

[Harlowe]

I don't have a problem with people being allowed to spend money for private medical treatment outside a single payer system (unlike the Canadian and UK system), in fact I think it's healthy for it to work that way as it results in more money entering the system, but I do think you need a single payer system as the base option. Insurance simply doesn't work for the consumer otherwise.

I think Ddrak nailed it.

[Lurker]

Agreed. Unfortunately we can't get there in this country. Even the moderate reforms Obama proposed are railed against as a government takeover that's going to kill us all.