Saturday, November 17, 2007


While looking up the price differences in the U.S. and Canada I found that price differences can be drastic. For example, 90 Coumadin pills, a blood-thinner, cost about $90 in the United States and only $50 [American] in Canada. Sixty cancer treatment tamoxifen pills for U.S. consumers are roughly $52, while across the border they go for $38. And 30 anti-inflammatory Vioxx pills fetch $78 for U.S. pharmacies and are only $37 in Canada. Thank god my mom pays for my health insurance because with the rate of the expensive drugs I think I might be moving to Canada soon! Although this drug system exchange is not full proof it is saving many people oodles of money in the long run. As our health care system's rates increase and the number of people who can actually afford health insurance decreases it leaving people hurting.

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