| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Mathieu,)
</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (AnonT,)
Ok, sorry, you're right, it's not fully socialized. However, the Canadian government does pay a large portion of the cost of medication, which makes the price seem lower to the consumer even though they end up paying as much through taxes.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
False again, the system work the same way a private insurance would do. Actually, you can have a privat insurance for medication in canada.It is not exactly socialized. Only, the governement offer an insurance service, as all private companies. And the price are lower here because we limits the cost by a law. Pharmacies still make their profit, but not as outrageous as in US.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Slight correction -- the price is "limited" by law. Costs can't be limited by law (without inhibiting production). The way "the law" limits prices is by subsidizing the loss to the seller through extorting money (i.e., taxes) from the population at large. It's a shell game, a scam.
--Jackney Sneeb |