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Originally Posted by HarryT
Serious question, krisk: a while ago, on a coach tour of Canada, I visited Niagara. The place was full (and I mean full) of American senior citizens who, our guide informed us, were visiting to buy their medicines there, since medicine is so much cheaper in Canada than in the USA. Were we misinformed?
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For the wealthy, or the well-insured, the US system is better. For everyone else, other systems are better.
For drug prices, other nations are better; however, US citizens who have otherwise good coverage (i.e. doesn't remove their insurance when they're found to have diabetes or a heart condition), the higher drug prices are offset by the other advantages.