How severe corporate greed effects our lives?
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look at the way pharmaceutical companies have lobbied for laws to keep thier prices high in the US.
case in point: sovaldi. a drug that cures hepatitis C.. a 12 week course of treatment costs 80 to 90,000 dollars or more here in the US.. the same course of treatment costs 1200 dollars in Indonesia..
because drug reimportation is a felony here is can't buy the drug there and bring it back here.
similarly, scorpion antivenon cost 100 over the counter in Mexico but if you received this at a hospital in Florida or Arizona they would charge you up to 10,000 dollars for it PLUS the cost of the hospital visit...
I could go on and on.. the fraud in the medical field cost our government 700 to 800 BILLION dollars a year...
case in point: sovaldi. a drug that cures hepatitis C.. a 12 week course of treatment costs 80 to 90,000 dollars or more here in the US.. the same course of treatment costs 1200 dollars in Indonesia..
because drug reimportation is a felony here is can't buy the drug there and bring it back here.
similarly, scorpion antivenon cost 100 over the counter in Mexico but if you received this at a hospital in Florida or Arizona they would charge you up to 10,000 dollars for it PLUS the cost of the hospital visit...
I could go on and on.. the fraud in the medical field cost our government 700 to 800 BILLION dollars a year...