Are we paying too much for our drugs? (Short answer yes, long answer also yes) by @frogsandstars
http://medicalrepublic.com.au/paying-much-drugs/8828 …
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Replying to @GidMK
This is a confusing one, because we do still pay a lot less for our drugs than some countries *cough* US *cough*
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But the point is that Australia pays far more than the optimal price for a lot of pharmaceuticals
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And it's mostly (unsurprisingly) because the industry has lobbied for intricate and confusing policies that make drugs more expensive
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This is an absolutely brilliant explainer of how and why that's happened, and what we could do to spend less on drugs in Aus
9:46 PM - 12 May 2017
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