Re: Canadian doctors coming to the US
From: Steve Harris sbharris_at_ROMAN9.netcom.com (sbharris_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 08/29/04
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Date: 29 Aug 2004 15:59:43 -0700
"Lictor" <ghostmlNOSPAM-REMOVE@online.fr> wrote in message news:<4130afe1$0$17010$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-04.noos.net>...
> Yes, I did ;) The point is that the cost of these ads is ultimately paid by
> the end user. I'm sure the larger part of the price of your drugs is
> actually the mark-up. I mean, these same companies are still making a profit
> when they're selling these drugs abroad at a tenth of the price. The problem
> is that it is argued that it's a good thing that Americans pay so much,
> because it supposedly funds research. But in that case, part of that insane
> mark-up is not going to research, it's going to fund ads which spread
> mis-information. That's like being ripped-off twice.
> But it's true that the root of the problem is that you let the companies
> charge what they can, without even trying to lower the costs. Hell, you even
> have *laws* banning re-importing drugs from Canada. The nation of Free Trade
> has laws that protect a monopole...
COMMENT:
The problem is you have to explain why both the French and the
Japanese spend at least 10% more per capita on drugs than US citizens
do. Obviously you manage that without advertising. How curious!
http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/act/2000/action56.html
SBH
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