Why drug prices in America are so high

Re:Why drug prices in America are so high by snowwrestler on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:46AM (#12497387)

Some other countries make it work. Other other countries have health care systems that are way worse than the U.S.

So: it's good to know that things are different in other countries, but it doesn't actually address the point I was trying to make.

Of course single-payer works if we imagine that things in the U.S. are different from the way they actually are. Lots of things work that way.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Why drug prices in America are so high by Nursie on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @11:12AM (#12497737)

I'm not aware of any countries where that specific aspect, choosing which drugs are available, has become politicised and toxic.

I agree that the two-party adversarial politics in the US is poison though, and causes a whole lot of "this is why we can't have nice things" moments.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Why drug prices in America are so high by otterley on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @12:15PM (#12498436)

> Of course single-payer works if we imagine that things in the U.S. are different from the way they actually are

That's a fantastic argument for changing the way things are in the U.S. It happens one vote at a time.

[ Parent | on HN ]