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Old March 25th, 2008, 05:15 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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The same drugs in the US mostly cost less in the UK.


Hi,

even the same brands.

I've been buying meds from http://www.mastersmarketing.com/ for over a
decade.

one particular med my mother wants the US name brand, her
medicaid/medigap insurance only covers generic... so I get her the name
brand from the UK for less than her co-pay for the generic here.

my wife's birth control pills cost less than the co-pay under her state
insurance plan (she's a teacher).

but I can understand why when those with a vested interest in keeping
the US medical system the way it is like to choose to compare to the UK
or Canada... it's not as good a system as the French!



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Old March 25th, 2008, 05:20 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Medicare is universal coverage for seniors.


medicare is partial coverage for some seniors.

it doesn't cover meds for example (though there is the new -partial-
drug coverage)

but that's not universal coverage.

would it cover a house call and medications?

no.

does it in France?

Yes. They have universal coverage.

No, it's true. There is no universal coverage, because universal
coverage means just that.


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Old March 25th, 2008, 05:28 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Look what up? Medicare is universal coverage for seniors. Full stop.


partial coverage

nothing comparable to universal coverage, like France.

and medicare (even with a medigap policy) doesn't cover most medications.

Then absolutely no country has it because they all have cases like
Hirst's, rationing in many, etc. etc.


please site a verifiable case like this in France?

No for the reasons I have already stated. If you going to allow
exclusions for cases like Hirst's, rationing, etc.


a single person is an exception.

a majority of the population is not.

and the Hirst case couldn't come up under medicare.

medicine isn't covered.


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