I’m speaking concerning the fundamental financial query: Provide, demand and what occurs once you permit somebody to power one other particular person to pay your invoice.

I preserve hammering on this and can till individuals cease working tropes whether or not out of honest (however false) perception or another cause.

Let’s take Eliquis.  Its a standard medicine and its costly.  Roughly three.5 million People take this drug and it is among the most-commonly prescribed for individuals who have atrial fibrillation.  It seems to be fairly efficient in decreasing the danger of strokes and coronary heart assaults in individuals with that situation.

Additionally it is about $eight,000 a 12 months in the US with out insurance coverage and “insurance coverage” forces those that wouldn’t have that situation to pay for individuals who do — together with Medicare and Medicaid.

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The widespread declare is that “if you happen to lower that off these individuals will die” as a result of they will’t presumably afford the worth.

The declare is fake.

In Germany the drug prices about $700 a 12 months, so it’s ten occasions as costly in the US.