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-=> Ennev wrote to Dr. What <=-

 > One of the things I already pointed out was the price controls in other
 > countries - which will make
 > certain drugs and procedures cost less there, but will make it more
expensive
 > in countries without
 > price controls.

 En> Most of the time it's for generic medication out of patent.

But the root problem is that if a company makes a medicine, and it costs
$5/pill, if a country has a price control on that so that it can only be
sold there for $2/pill.

The company who makes the medicine has a choice:
1. Don't sell it in that country.
2. Sell it for $2/pill in that country, but sell it for $8/pill in countries
without price controls.

 En> In a way this system has been going on for years in many countries, it
 En> look sustainable.

That's short term think.


... I'm not dead, I'm metabolically challenged.
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