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Originally Posted by polak
I wasn't disagreeing with you, I'm saying the US system is stupid.
God I am SO happy to not live there.
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While we're ahead of the curve, one thing to remember is that medications globally
are a commodity with real supply and demand issues and we as a nation cannot regulate that. There are constant drug shortages. As a country we were out of penicillin a few years ago for months. Injectable morphine was shorted. The problem is getting worse too. International companies will sell limited supplies in countries they make more in and as time goes on, certain drugs just won't be available in countries with price fixing.
The problem is somewhat minor now, but emerging markets are seeing double digit growth in drug spending so it's only getting worse