What passes me off is, after they use us as guinea pigs. sm - oldtimer

Posted: Jan 14th, 2018 - 7:57 am In Reply to: It takes decades of research and FDA approval costing on average, - nearly a billion dollars to bring any

and actually do find a treatment that works, we pay through the nose for those new drugs while the rest of the world gets a deal. Sounds backwards to me.

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Norwegian citizen gets cancer treatment in US (Norwegian - govt refuses to pay for it). (Views: 736, 2018-01-14, 6:26 am)
- I have a few questions that the blog did not address. - sm (Views: 288, 2018-01-14, 6:52 am)
  - "I never imaged that the government would not be willing - to support new oncology drugs and (Views: 286, 2018-01-14, 7:13 am)
- Norway is about socialist as it gets. One of the most - heavily taxed countries in the world. (Views: 332, 2018-01-14, 7:18 am)
  - Happiest, most healthy, and best educated country. - nm (Views: 286, 2018-01-14, 7:50 am)
    - Unless you need cancer treatment, and they are second to Iceland - when it comes to consuming (Views: 266, 2018-01-14, 9:14 am)
      - False. The U.S. has the highest rate...sm - VTMT (Views: 343, 2018-01-14, 9:29 am)
        The antidepressant use was for Scandanavian - countries. (Views: 317, 2018-01-14, 9:39 am)
        The U.S. and Iceland are #1 and #2, neither a - Scandinavian country. nm (Views: 274, 2018-01-14, 9:58 am)
        #3 is Australia. Access is a huge issue. nm - VTMT (Views: 337, 2018-01-14, 10:03 am)
        There are so many things that factor into that statistic - it depresses me to have to point it out to you. (Views: 299, 2018-01-15, 5:37 am)
        Not true! Stop with the alt-right nonsense. sm - VTMT (Views: 316, 2018-01-15, 6:23 am)
        Sorry, meant to post this below under the Mohammed comment. - nm (Views: 266, 2018-01-15, 7:54 am)
  - mohammed is the most popular name in the netherlands - for the second year (Views: 296, 2018-01-15, 4:56 am)
    - Hahaha ! ! This sounds like something Rush would say! - nm (Views: 297, 2018-01-15, 7:44 am)
      - It was on the news this morning. - ... (Views: 239, 2018-01-15, 11:31 am)
        Fake news. Not hard to verify before posting nonsense. - nm (Views: 246, 2018-01-16, 8:35 am)
- "Everybody talks about how wonderful Norway's health - care is and that was my experience (Views: 526, 2018-01-14, 7:24 am)
- It takes decades of research and FDA approval costing on average, - nearly a billion dollars to bring any (Views: 278, 2018-01-14, 7:27 am)
  - What passes me off is, after they use us as guinea pigs. sm - oldtimer
    - If Norway is so great why is everybody trying to get into - America? Why don't they go there? (Views: 317, 2018-01-14, 9:26 am)
      - This is a logical question. There is an ongoing meme on - Facebook and social media about (Views: 269, 2018-01-14, 9:52 am)
        There are few, if any, Norwegians "trying to get into - America". They know better. (Views: 290, 2018-01-14, 6:28 pm)
- My US employer-paid health insurance plan is switching my medications - sm (Views: 519, 2018-01-14, 8:48 am)
  - You can always change insurance companies, though if you - have employer paid health insurance (Views: 269, 2018-01-14, 9:18 am)
  - Insurance companies make $$$$ - They look forward to excluding (Views: 288, 2018-01-14, 10:36 am)
- Here we point out that one individual case - Sm (Views: 450, 2018-01-14, 10:42 am)
- Socialized medicine works fine if you have something that - can be fixed quickly and cheaply. (Views: 300, 2018-01-14, 11:48 am)
  - When my neighbor got his wife her green card, he had to prove - he had to prove he could support her (Views: 316, 2018-01-14, 11:53 am)
  - Same in US with certain insurance - And income levels. .you might be (Views: 329, 2018-01-14, 6:30 pm)