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Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard
Said nothing about them stealing it, just doing initial testing on a trial of 28 people.
Here in Aus people pay 2% extra tax, get so called "Free Healthcare" and the price of the drugs is $40 AU about $30 USD a month. In the USA its $1,415.00 per month.
I had a heart attack last week eeek! Was sent to emergency, spent the night in acute care, next day had an coronary angiogram and a stent inserted in D2 heart vein, after that I was sent to the private patient recovery ward.. Everything up until that moment was 100% free, my private room for the night was $500 cos that the excess I have on my insurance for hospital stay, keeps premiums lower, still 100 % tax deductible however. I could of stayed in public all free, sick people don't have good pissing aim though so I'd rather have my own bath room with my stench instead of sharing the crowds. paid my 500 happily.
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You missed my point. Cuba can do this because if they don't have to do the research and development, all they need to do is make a pill - which costs nothing. IN the mean time they can't keep their citizens properly fed.
Don't get me wrong. The American health system is fucked. But you can't compare Cuba to the US. At any level.