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Canada v USA

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Posted on January 13, 2017 at 13:47:12
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 in a recent story I heard this re prescriptin drug prices. Track how your senators voted in a recent vote on this. It was NOT a party line vote

Drug A $2648 USA $436 CA
Drug B $730 USA $168 CA

Disgusting. We suck.





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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

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Don't forget...., posted on January 13, 2017 at 15:16:16
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 If you buy the drug in Canada you'll get 30% rebate for every $US1 you spend. Now you know why our tax brackets are higher than yours.


 

RE: Canada v USA, posted on January 13, 2017 at 16:46:26
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 The larger picture is that the USA spend more on healthcare per head than any other nation but the quality delivered places the USA 38th or 37th globally.

 

Another fine example of "American Exceptionalism"..., posted on January 13, 2017 at 17:02:02
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 ...exceptionally high medical expenses. We must love it cause we expect and demand nothing better from those in a position to change the situation.

 

Can't go an hour without seeing a Mediflight helicopter overhead, sometimes two! Does Aunt Midge deserve it?, posted on January 13, 2017 at 17:37:22
jdaniel@jps.net
 We need to ask some hard questions....

 

RE: Can't go an hour without seeing a Mediflight helicopter overhead, sometimes two! Does Aunt Midge deserve it?, posted on January 13, 2017 at 17:54:34
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 You wanna get right to the point? i was Medivac'd cuz I needed it. What do you know about Aunt Midge that I don't?


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RE: Canada v USA, posted on January 13, 2017 at 17:56:20
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 Yep, behind Croatia. Of course that WHO study is getting old. We still suck though. I thnk we spend 3X per person than any other country too.



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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

RE: Don't forget...., posted on January 13, 2017 at 17:58:00
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 Nobody goes bankrupt for medical blls in Canada either. It's the leading cause of bankruptcy here.


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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

Medivac services exist outside America..., posted on January 13, 2017 at 18:06:17
Steve O
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 ...so yes, some hard questions need to be asked. Unfortunately, additional discussion here will undoubtedly lead to that pair of forbidden subject matters so not much more to say just now.

 

I should be more outraged....., posted on January 13, 2017 at 20:16:39
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 ....however, 33 years and counting of working in the *evil* pharmaceutical industry makes it hard for me to reach your level of outrage.
I'm certainly not wealthy, but I do very well for a blue collar worker.

 

I hear yah..., posted on January 14, 2017 at 02:38:05
kootenay
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 Just my observation and nuthin' got to do with politics, but why your new govt. is trying to get rid of the ACA is beyond me.


 

We all should but we are all apathetic but, posted on January 14, 2017 at 05:00:40
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 I'm not outraged. That would make me feel bad. My level of apathy has me call out any wrongs and do little else. I'm peeved and frustrated....





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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

RE: I hear yah..., posted on January 14, 2017 at 05:04:38
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 it should be quite clear why. Debate over why is not permitted on this forum. : )


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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

RE: If it's generic, Blink, posted on January 14, 2017 at 05:10:24
kitch29
 Cheaper than mail order, pick up at your pharmacy.

Now about that $30 a dump, Linzesse, and other Big Pharma name brands...

 

there's a pill for that, posted on January 14, 2017 at 06:32:48
bullethead
 Benzos! Nothing matters after that,

I feel like I struck oil and found gold recently.

Doc prescribed it for stress and aggravation, history of high blood pressure from all the negativity last year.

 

RE: If it's generic, Blink, posted on January 14, 2017 at 07:51:17
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 Tons of meds not available generic, I always do when they are


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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

Ahhh..., posted on January 14, 2017 at 08:10:21
kootenay
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 Ping me if you want to discuss it any further.

 

Aunt Midge types complain. If people don't want to pay a $6K deductible to have their head sewn back on, posted on January 14, 2017 at 08:36:47
jdaniel@jps.net
 then how else do we pay for winged ambulances??

Personally I'm proud to see them, and I'm glad they were available for you, Aunty Midge and maybe me someday, but the people I know want their $50/month policies back. **And** the helicopters.

Doesn't work that way.

 

What's Wrong?, posted on January 14, 2017 at 11:11:46
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 Best sci-fi Lucas ever made.


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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

could have been Kubrick part 2 but he sold out, posted on January 14, 2017 at 11:15:37
bullethead
 he sold out early on which was wise, had he continued on the path of THX 1138 he would have not been around for so long as he has.

 

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