US Politics

[eaglesdare]

In 2021 the average cost of prescriptions for Americans was $1,432 per person. When it's estimated that a third of Americans can't afford their prescribed medication how much do you expect them to care what happens in other countries?

I could be wrong but most Americans would have health insurance these days and prescription costs are covered with these anyway?

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I could be wrong but most Americans would have health insurance these days and prescription costs are covered with these anyway?

One of our American posters would be able to help but according to Google about 25 m people don't have health insurance and those that do aren't covered for everything.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/27/799019013/when-insurance-wont-cover-drugs-americans-make-tough-choices-about-their-health

 

[Jimenez]

My wife is a specialist eye nurse!

Simple eye drops are cheap, but not all eye drops are simple. Over the counter eye drops, not being on prescription, will be simple. Prescription drugs are unlikely to be.

Whether people in the USA benefit, or not, is not the point I am making. It’s the potential knock on effect on us, never mind that which the developing world might suffer.

Americans appear not to either realise this or not care if they do. I do.

I should of stated for the record that the cost is for three different bottles of drops for Glaucoma in my right eye,but yes you're correct in your prescription drugs description.
Actually out of curiosity I googled the UK price & they are 19.99, 34.99 29.99 Total 84.97 so around 112.00 (dollars) surprisingly not a lot cheaper to my surprise, but my point from earlier stands lower prices has to be a good thing.

 

[Jimenez]

I could be wrong but most Americans would have health insurance these days and prescription costs are covered with these anyway?

No not all health insurance covers prescription costs

 

[DanH]

Looks like the economic disasters you were predicting won't be happening.

I'm shocked....shocked.

You getting the economics wrong....

Not being able to see anything other than what your lefty websites tell you.

Who'd have thunk it.

They’re still on track for a recession.