Prescription Drugs

Prescription Drugs

In a recent article, an MNBC correspondent brought up the issue of high prices
on prescription drugs. Many of these drugs are special vitamins, as well as
supplements that certain peoples bodies lack and need and are forced to buy.

This poses a financial problem. If this were to happen in both Canada and the

United States, many families in both countries would suffer severely for this
medical reason, a reason they shouldn't have to pay for. In some aspects, this
is selfish of the government. By leaving these drugs to be overpriced, the
government is basically turning a blind eye towards the fact that many of these
people are having to spend an extra thousand dollars, maybe an extra thousand
dollars they don't have. The prices on these drugs could easily be regulated,
but, as stated in the article, the money that these companies receive goes
towards research and cures for the treatments these people are receiving. So it
comes down to health care. Should the health care system pay for these? While it
would solve problems, it would also produce them. People with privatize health
care are settled, they put in a certain amount of money each month, and they get
these medications along with the system. If a common health care system would
pay for these drugs, two things would occur. First, the health cares budget
would go down. Not just a little, but it would plummet. Health care coming out
of taxes would not be enough, and as a result, taxes would be raised...

Prescription Drugs

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