Woah, woah, woah. Slow yourself down a little here. You’re talking like it’s wrong for the system to be set up so people are desperate enough to resort to the cost savings of using veterinary medicine for personal use.
Why price controls on medicine? There are lots of things that people think are too highly priced.
You are right. Let’s not give people with mental health issues their meds because they can’t afford them, then watch the hilarity ensue. No repercussions to worry about…Same with HIV and Cancer patients. Just die if you can’t afford your meds. Seems reasonable eh?
"1 in 5 Adults have a mental health condition. That’s over 40 million Americans; more than the populations of New York and Florida combined."
https://www.mhanational.org/issues/state-mental-health-america-2018
I thought Obamacare took care of this. (pink) don’t we all have to have insurance now? And just because medicine is expense, does that doesn’t mean the govt has the right to negotiate a price? If the govt thinks something is worthwhile and too expensive they could provide it at a reduced cost, i.e. subsidizing it. For example I believe the subsidize dialysis.
Trump has rolled back much of the Affordable Care Act, but perhaps you were not aware (pink)?
"Republican efforts to roll back the Affordable Care Act’s insurance reforms continued Tuesday, when the Trump administration proposed regulations that would make it easier for health insurers to sell cheap, short-term policies that leave out key benefits and are available only to people in good health.
Announcement of the proposal, which has been in the works for several months, came two months after President Donald Trump signed Republican legislation eliminating the individual mandate, which makes people pay a financial penalty if they don’t have insurance."
Do you realize that utilities are regulated by the Govt? And that the Govt. regulates multiple industries all the time? That price you pay for electricity is because of direct Govt. intervention. Ever hear of Tariffs?
From safety issues to prices, the Govt. has been directly involved for decades. Why shouldn’t the Govt. negotiate with big pharma? Big Pharma is already regulated by the FDA. There is no upside to people not being able to get their meds. If subsidies are the answer great, move forward. But Trump nor the GOP offered that option did they?
We can’t leave people to fend for themselves. Because they are unable too. Self-medication is no substitute for proper treatment. I don’t believe Trump gives a hoot about the mentally ill. Because if he did we would be celebrating the passage of the above bill, not wondering why the GOP won’t agree to talk about lower prices. Not free meds, lower prices. Christ, even India gets cheaper meds than the US;
"Researchers from Britain’s University of Liverpool also found U.S. prices were consistently higher than in other European markets. Elsewhere, U.S. prices were six times higher than in Brazil and 16 times higher than the average in the lowest-price country, which was usually India.
The United States, which leaves pricing to market competition, has higher drug prices than other countries where governments directly or indirectly control medicine costs.
That makes it by far the most profitable market for pharmaceutical companies, leading to complaints that Americans are effectively subsidizing health systems elsewhere."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-u-s-pays-3-times-more-for-drugs/