Drug Prices in Taiwan Are Too Low
Drug Prices in Taiwan Are Too Low
2016 - 10 - 28
In U.S, there usually is a co-payment charged at the pharmacies for most prescription drugs. Even for one or two generic drugs, you are paying tens of dollars.
美國人看醫生拿處方箋，到藥局領藥多半都有自負額 (co-payment)，而且金額還不低；一次門診即便只是開給你普通的學名藥一兩種，進了藥局都得噴掉幾十鎂，萬一是仍在專利期內的原廠藥或罕病藥就更別提了。所以，真的有不少窮老美在看完醫生、確認完藥價後，就低頭抱病回家養病了；畢竟如果真的掏錢買藥，小孩就會沒飯吃、繳不起學費啊！
更讓他們憤怒的是，藥價居然還年年漲！一年平均漲11%（從2011起）！
Brand-name drug prices rose an average just over 11% a year from 2011 to 2015
本所之前的文章，批判台灣一手玩藥價調查（逼藥廠降價）、另一手讓病人拿藥幾近免費（門診藥費自負額上限NT$200），這是助長藥物濫取健保負擔沈重的元凶。
醫、藥，都是救人命的，搞不好也是會出人命的。對專業欠缺基本尊重，是台灣健保的問題；對病人冷血地予取予求，是美國制度的問題。
唉，過猶不及啊。
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