So I was doing some research on common medications for a pharmacology class at school, and realized that Wikipedia is calling out the outrageous practices of pharmacological sales in the US. Right up there in the main intro to the medication they’re showing how much the drug costs to produce, versus how much a typical course of treatment costs in the USA.
Also, just so you’re aware, as of late Mat 2018, 1.80 GBP is 2.40 USD. For a three month supply of the pill. The same amount could cost you 150 USD in the United States.
so stfu capitalists who say that nationalized healthcare in the US isn’t “affordable”. you’re just money hungry mother fuckers who hate people
Since the 1980s, we’ve heard the GOP talk about how “regulations kill innovation” and “regulations stifle business.”
Meanwhile, drug prices have gone up like this (see also: why airplane seats get ever smaller) – because regulations were revoked that set price limits on essential medicines AND allowed widespread marketing.
And man, as someone who was a kid in the 1970s, before the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, I remember how often the air outside just smelled awful. I remember what it’s like to fly on an airplane full of people smoking.
They get away with this stuff because they control the narrative and have made the word “regulation” itself an insult – when they’re protections. We need to reclaim this topic.
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