How Big Insurance And Big Pharma Rob You Blind

The United States is unlike any other nation with regards to healthcare. The pharmaceutical industry is allowed to run advertisements, something not seen in other nations. Unfortunately, this is the least of the issues said system faces.

The costs of prescription drugs are out of control. Gilead Sciences developed a drug to treat ebola in 2014, and, despite the cost of production being less than a dollar for a vial, they charge insurers $520 for a single dose. Even more common drugs pose even more common problems. Epipens cost 3-10 times as much as they do overseas, and insulin can cost hundreds of dollars for a single dose, upwards of 100 times the cost overseas. Some states have begun to cap prices to prevent this blatant taking advantage of sick people.

As a result of this perversion of medical science, quality of care and insurance coverage suffer. As told by one U.K. resident who received medical attention in the U.S., in the U.K., unlike the latter, insurance is not the first thing a sick person is asked about... those details are handled later. Until the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, discrimination based on preexisting conditions was common: everybody from cancer survivors, to those with special needs, to overweight people, and even women were considered to be at greater risk for needing medical attention and therefore presented a bigger burden to insurers and had their premiums raised. These categories account for the majority of U.S. citizens.

Here, profit is put before life and the healthcare industry is privatized to help the select few earn a quick dollar. it doesn't matter if you served your country in the military for 35 years or wrote a profound treatise that changed modern though on a subject: anyone can fall victim to the greed of big pharma and insurance.