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In the UK there is a cap on prescription drugs - c £10 per medication. People on benefits pay less or none.

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I used to work as a Medicare insurance agent in Vermont. As a company policy, we directed customers to buy drugs directly from Canadian producers rather than deal with the the "subsidies" of Medicare.

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Glad to know that, Joe. It seems like the U.S. makes things more difficult when it comes to helping people. Subsidies and tax credits, the two standbys, perhaps should be "rethunk", to name just two entanglements/roadblocks that make help indirect rather than direct.

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Agreed. I think it's a consequence of trying to preserve profit in a situation in which profit motive is ineffective, leading to convoluted "solutions" like you outlined here.

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Yes, convoluted is a good word for it! And when a process is convoluted, the "solution" is likely less effective.

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