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**Bill-Watson** · 04-10-2009, 05:59 AM

"There's a solidarity that operates in these other countries in terms of social values, a sense that people are entitled to health care," Osborn said. "In these countries, the idea of someone going bankrupt because of medical bills, it just does not exist."

In the United Kingdom, for example, there is no out-of-pocket cost to see a primary care physician or a specialist. Adults can fill prescriptions, no matter how new, rare or advanced the drug, for about $12.
yep and there is solidarity from the rest of the world that they will not ever have another major medical breakthrough ever again. THey completely depend on the US for everything new. That sounds like a good plan to me,

prescriptions cost $12 in the UK, that is awesome, do the same thing here and you saw the last of the new drugs. It costs a billion dollars to bring a new drug to market-no worldwide governments are spending that because they are too busy spending on nationalized healthcare. How many $12 prescriptions does one have to write to get to $1billion just to break even?

04-10-2009, 05:59 AM	#5
Bill-Watson Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 492 Senior Member	"There's a solidarity that operates in these other countries in terms of social values, a sense that people are entitled to health care," Osborn said. "In these countries, the idea of someone going bankrupt because of medical bills, it just does not exist." In the United Kingdom, for example, there is no out-of-pocket cost to see a primary care physician or a specialist. Adults can fill prescriptions, no matter how new, rare or advanced the drug, for about $12. yep and there is solidarity from the rest of the world that they will not ever have another major medical breakthrough ever again. THey completely depend on the US for everything new. That sounds like a good plan to me, prescriptions cost $12 in the UK, that is awesome, do the same thing here and you saw the last of the new drugs. It costs a billion dollars to bring a new drug to market-no worldwide governments are spending that because they are too busy spending on nationalized healthcare. How many $12 prescriptions does one have to write to get to $1billion just to break even?
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