Introduces topic of pharmaceutical sales.
Response to pharmaceutical sales, blaming big pharma.
The American system is silly.
Very good Rama...
The American system is silly due to the fact people think government should fix everything.
That is false. I assume you're talking specifically about the American health system, and it is silly and messed up due to capitalist corporations and the drive for profit - not government.
Perhaps the concept of government protectionism is a new concept to you (or maybe not).
But that is exactly why the costs in health care continue to rise.
Please note, I will not trot out sensationalized phrases like "shyrocketing," nor will I absolutely label things broke (except for the people who want to continue to demonize or decry things to promote fear).
The people shouting the loudest now are people who have very low self-management skills and look to others to fix their mess. Spoiled children.
I am old enough to remember house calls and when a doctor took some form of food (typically chickens or apples) as payment for services rendered.
I am also old enough to remember sitting in the doctor office smoking a cigarette while talking with my doctor about a POA for my kids' health, while he also enjoyed his cigarette.
Nobody had insurance because nobody needed it.
My insurance when I started my first real full-time job was absolutely private, absolutely free, and I paid for nothing, including prescriptions.
It was only when GOVERNMENT got involved that costs in health care started to rise, so please...
Spare the effort in describing my experience and that of so many other baby boomers here in the terrific USA as to what the true cause of rising health care costs actually is.
If people didn't spend their money like drunken sailors, and didn't rely on others to fix their messes, perhaps things would get better.