>>>Even with the price controls in Canada, there are drugs for some diseases that nobody but the extremely wealthy can afford. There are drugs that cost thousands of dollars a month, and not a lot of people can afford them, so many just do without. There is no competition to bring down the prices for most of those types of medications. I'm certainly glad I don't suffer from such a disease.
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>>Now you want to discuss medical insurance issues?
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>You want to discuss differences between a health system and a for-profit health industry? How do you imagine to do without mentioning insurance?

Too bad you did not understand my sarcasm. It was Alan's try to move on another topic.

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>>By the way, your side point was that drugs are very cheap in Canada, and now you start talking that they are not affordable. Stay in line.
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>Ed, need a hand? You fell below your level. He said "there are drugs that cost...", not "drugs cost" nor "all drugs cost" nor "on average the drugs cost". So, there are some expensive ones. But I didn't hear him complaining much.
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Ask him directly, what the problem? You may also discuss few relevant and overly important linguistics with him.