tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post7912893264011286873..comments2024-03-28T11:30:20.005-05:00Comments on El Salvador Perspectives: The most expensive medicine in the worldTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452039674856298357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-3340512167750901712008-02-04T01:53:00.000-06:002008-02-04T01:53:00.000-06:00It's hardly a normal market. Frequently the "consu...It's hardly a normal market. Frequently the "consumers" are hospitals and insurance providers, not the general public. <BR/><BR/>And since there is no accountability for pricing drug companies can charge whatever they want, citing costs and risks of development. Patents protect this artificially high price for 6 years. Are you familiar with the concept of a monopoly?? Becuase that's what a drug company with a new drug is. <BR/><BR/>They can put any price on a medicine because we put an infinate price on health/life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-13127657054369807842007-10-24T23:06:00.000-05:002007-10-24T23:06:00.000-05:00OK I COULD NOT FOUND A PLACE FOR THIS COMMENT SO, ...OK I COULD NOT FOUND A PLACE FOR THIS COMMENT SO, HERE IT IS, YEAH I AM GLAD THAT SOMEONE IS STARTING TO SEE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG, I AM NOT FOR ANY POLITICAL PARTY , HOWEVER YES THERE ARE SOME ANORMALITIES LIKE THE PRICES IN THE MEDICINE IN EL SALVADOR,FOR YEARS AND STILL THE SAME PROBLEMATIC SITUATION, AND LET ME SAY SOMETHING ELSE THE PEOPLE STILL GOING TO THE U.S.A. ( BECAUSE I DONT KNOW IF IS THE PEOPLE WHO IS BLIND AND LET THE GOVERMENT HAVE ALL THE POWER AND NOT SPEAK OUT THEIR NECESITY) LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE , WHICH I DONT KNOW U.S.A. IS NOT IN ITS BEST MOMENT, BUT I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING, THE GANGS, ?MANO DURA? MMMM, WILL SOMEONE BE AGREE WITH ME THAT THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED WITH THE DEATH PENALTY, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME A VICIOUS CIRCLE, THEY STAY AT JAIL, KEEPING CONTACTS , THEY GO OUT OF JAIL AND DO IT AGAIN, AND AGAIN KILLING PEOPLE THAT IS TRYING THEIR BEST WORKING, BUT MOST IMPORTANT MAKING YOU FEEL DEPRIVED FROM YOUR FREEDOM OF GOING OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, LIVE PEACFULLY FOR THE CHILDREN FOR THE PRESENT THAT COULD CREATE A VIOLENT RESPONSE BUT SO WHAT DONT THEY DO IT NOW ANYWAYS, THEY SHOULD BE STOP AND NOT LET THEM MANAGE THE WHOLE NATION AS THEY PLEASED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-63503300642109467372007-10-03T00:24:00.000-05:002007-10-03T00:24:00.000-05:00any market forces...Dude, market is at work herepr...any market forces...<BR/><BR/>Dude, market is at work here<BR/>prices were not compared against first world prices which are overall much higher than ES<BR/>So market is working alright: ES which invents no medicine whatsoever, yet gets lower prices than the countries that do invent the medicine. Fair deal!<BR/><BR/>If you read the actual paper, any perceived "overprice" is at the drugstore margin. Why? There is NO free market! In ES, you can retail medicine only if the government issues you a license to do so. Therefore there is limited competition.<BR/><BR/>Government failure, not market failure, my friendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com