alt Hacker NewsI'm not denying it's more expensive. I'm disagreeing with your premise that we could reach the cost effectiveness of European countries. Europe and America aren't interchangeable. You can't achieve the same results in each just by turning the policy knobs to the same settings.
I reject your argument. It is easier to see when comparing the cost of goods. It is not a fact of life that goods in the US cost 2x the price of equivalent goods in the UK.
If I compare the prices of a PS5 in the US to a PS5 in the UK (excluding the 20% Tax), they are basically the same price [1].
If I buy a pair of 501 Levi's jeans in the UK [2] and a pair of 501 Levi's jeans from the US [3] I pay basically the same price (again excluding VAT).
If I buy a Ford compact crossover in the US and buy a Ford compact crossover in the UK, I pay basically the same price of ~$33k.
Please explain why it is a fact of life that a drug in the US costs considerably more than the same drug from the same manufacturer just purchased in Europe.
Why can we not compare the cost of drugs Canada, Japan, UK, Germany, ... to the price of drugs in the US?
And again, drugs cost considerably more in the US whether they were purchased publicly or privately.
[1] https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/27/new-price-changes-fo...
[2] https://www.levi.com/GB/en_GB/clothing/men/jeans/straight/50...
[3] https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/clothing/men/jeans/straight/50...