A plain people's clinic?
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Re costs being lower overseas: would agree that two of the escalators for US costs would be malpractice lawsuits and insurance?
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Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
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Re: A plain people's clinic?
Biggest difference is labour costs.MaxPC wrote:Re costs being lower overseas: would agree that two of the escalators for US costs would be malpractice lawsuits and insurance?
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True, but it is only one factor. Drug costs are a fraction of what they are in the states, and that was for meds from manufacturers in the EU or Japan. With a national formulary it permits the Ministry of Health to negotiate for "best price." Less regulation is also helpful. As to insurance, UAE had a national system, and all payments and paperwork was standardized and the same forms when to all carriers. Also, things were priced per "condition" for common stuff, a flat Dh3000 (About 800$) for a vaginal delivery. Midwives did almost all of those. Nurses advised on birth control as well, but this was mostly "spacing" accd. to my wife.Josh wrote:Biggest difference is labour costs.MaxPC wrote:Re costs being lower overseas: would agree that two of the escalators for US costs would be malpractice lawsuits and insurance?
I just saw the price of a new MS drug on an NPR article on the Zika vaccine. It is an example of why it is so expensive here:
"Sanders and Knowledge Ecology point out that Sanofi has charged more in the U.S. for many medications, including the multiple sclerosis drug Aubagio, which costs Medicare more than $5,000, but in France it's priced at about $745."
So there are many reasons.
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