>>>>So you have no moral issue with letting someone die because (s)he can't get health care?
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>>>>>Yes you can. You have a choice.
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>>>Everyone - even you - draws the line somewhere. What do you think about this?
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>>>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/02/28/pare-drug.html
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>>IMO he is entitled to full cover.
>>Also, farmaceutical companies who price drug treatment at 500.000 / year should be seriosely examined tax wise.
>>What a profit margin !!!
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>Another cost in health is law.
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>I heard an article on the radio about lawyers dealing with NHS malpractice cases who where charging £600 per hour for routine tasks like filing papers associated with a case. One company submitted a bill for 4.5 million which on detailed investigation was reduced to 450,000

I wander what would be the real cost of health care if they brought up some really strict cost evaluation laws (as in anti overblowing them) I don't see what warrant one operation to cost half or 3/4 million. Patient needing it badly is NOT valid argument.

I can understand someone wanting to buy bottle of wine that cost 10,000 USD because it is some rare commodity, therefore
demand/supply is what dictates price. But alowing demand to dictate price in health industry is IMO bordering on criminal.
The same applies for farmaceutical industry. Declaring cost of research in billions, just so they can rip off whole world later with
prices artificially inflated by up to few thousand %

This is where I fully support (inter) government intervention. I wld love to see some of these farmaceutical monopolies pay multi-billion fines for price-fixing. Perhaps whole cost of national healthcare plans could be significantly reduced after few of these.

Also some price comparisons with the rest of the would be usefull; Or what does it cost to transplant kidney or cardio-bypass
or some other complex surgery across the globe. So if local clinic wants 3/4 million for some surgery, governemt to alow foreign medical institutions to compete for these as contractors. If price of surgery is already in range that warants tender, then why not make this really a tender, international one at that? There could be for sure some bucks saved here and there.

Just for quick comparison;

Few years ago, I paid (my insurance in fact) burst appendix removal surgery for my son around 2.500 USD. That included 4-5 day stay in top luxury clinic, for him and my wife. So even if we did not have insurance, I could still absorb this cost. If we went to public hospital, I wld pay ZERO and actually be entitled to collect some money from my company insurance.

I wander what would I pay if this happened to us while in LA or New York for instance.