Why are prescription drugs so expensive? (Documentary)
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Too bad they don’t have immunosuppressants.
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People die in poor countries everyday.
Americans just whine all the time feeling privileged
They only supply generics.
Prescription drugs in the U.S. are really expensive because the companies that make these medicines are GREEDY and can set high prices and there aren't as many rules to limit how much they can charge. Also, unlike some other countries, the U.S. government doesn't negotiate these prices to make them lower. This video It's quite an eye-opener though, especially with the USA being known as 'the land of the free.' The difference in healthcare compared to many other countries is both surprising and a bit amusing to me 😂😂😂
You regurgitating what jake said in the video is very amusing to me in America we have the first amendment America is the only county in the world with freedom of speech
The problem isn't that they're not regulated in price setting. The problem is they don't have to tell us how much everything costs up front so we can shop around and make purchase decisions based on the best value. They don't have to compete for our business. Even companies like communications companies who all agree to keep their prices within certain ranges have to tell us what the price is and let us decide. With medicine and healthcare in general there's none of that. Most of the people telling you what you have to buy (drs and nurses) have no idea what it costs
Trump actually made it happen & negotiated for lower prices.
It is the land of the free, unfortunately it is also the land of the greedy.
@@stalinsassassin6529 he didn’t summarize well, the comment blames manufacturers when Jake clearly said it’s not them. The middle men (US pharmacies and other managerial chains) are the ones price gouging.
Also, freedom of speech is EXACTLY the reason why America is under attack by the globalists
I remember going to universiry here in Russia and we had a transfer student from US. She had asthma and her inhaler was spent, so she was paniking about getting a russian perscription... It took as about an hour to explain to her that all she had to was to go to a local pharmacy and buy the damn thing, no perscription needed. It took us about another hour to explain to her that about 39 dollars in equivalence was absolutely a normal price and she was not buying a knock-off. I swear, US healthcare system has to be the most inefficient system in the world.
The most retarded system self aware that it lets tons of people die, but who cares, just hold my money bag. People die everyday even on the most developed countries because of poor health care, no good doctors, too few hospitals, or not enough research, etc. In US people die because F*ck you, pay me. I genuine consider US a 3rd world country and worse than African underdeveloped countries just because everyone tries to kill everyone like monkeys for worthless green paper. Tech, land and other stuff is irelevant when everyone acts like a monkey under the pretext of capitalism and free market, free everything. It's a caveman mentality on a era of tech.
As an American I must agree. The greed of Big Pharma is horrible. Plus they doctors no longer want to give natural remedies or cures, only prescriptions that have so many side effects that may actually lead to a quicker death.
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Being a doctor in india i can tell that almost all surgeries and medical treatment are free or close to no cost in all govt. Hospitals
Free wow I didnt know you didn't get a pay check or use tax money to pay for it. The ends justify the means tho when its something you deem good don't they. "You just hate the poor".
@@Mornings your view is appreciated
But what is the condition of the government hospitals in India? Shit, and I'm not even talking about small cities and villages, but big cities like Delhi and Bangalore. No wonder whoever can afford it, prefers private hospitals here in India.
@@balpreetsingh6834 I am a delhite, visit central hospital not state one, infrastructure may be not there but service is par
@@balpreetsingh6834 You're well informed. Tell us how many Americans lose their homes and entire life savings due to debt from a sleek private hospital?
I'm French, and I can count on my hand the number of times I actually paid for any medication. USA is wild, pay to be healthy 😂😂😂😂😂😂so called land of the free.
We’re a joke please send help
The problem with free healthcare is if you need a CT scan it may take months while in the US You can get a CT scan the very same day if you pay. In Canada there is free healthcare but it takes about 3months to get a CT scan. The problem is that we don’t have free healthcare The problem is that there is no control over pricing. We’ve allowed pharmaceutical companies to become too powerful. Healthcare is a complex topic, but the reason why we have some of the best doctors and treatments in the world is due to competition. If you are the best you make the most money! The doctors aren’t the problem it’s the greed from pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies
@@JoeyVX the CT scans here are either immediate or the next day depending on flow of patients seeing as it's the only one where I live. Never heard of some saying month looking wait line
Not sure where you're getting your information, or if you're just parroting American governmental talking points against free healthcare, but it doesn't take that long bro. I guess the propaganda got to you.
My mom had to get a CT scan in august and it was scheduled next day. We only paid for parking.@@JoeyVX
Still have far more rights than France lol, and some states have free healthcare depending on your income
Sadly people are concerned about wokeness, LGBTQ and social justice BS instead of the real issues.
Americans need to set their priorities right.
They created those thing to distract the mass
Doctors, Hospitals, Drug Companies, Insurance and Politicians are all in on it together. It’s a Symbiotic Relationship between them that is detrimental to the sick, helpless customers/patients.
And yet…no one would get hurt if they simply didn’t “have” to have all the things. All the money. If only the rest of people, the ones they suck dry of their one existence, just for their weird ass over indulgent pleasures & sick need for power over (even though they’re only as human as the rest of us), simply had what they needed and deserved. No one would get hurt. Nothing bad would happen because of it. But nope. Gotta keep giving these sick ass ppl all the things. Cuz that makes so much sense. 👍🏽👍🏽
I fought with my insurance company for 2 months to approve hep c treatment I needed 3 treatments at 10k each.. thank God it got taken care of
The greatest country in the world, in terms of drug prices and addiction.
Its free country baby.
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@@mohdfarhan5255 not in mANy ways
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As a person with no health issues and young its eye opening to know the situation with the health industry
I cant beleive they let you die off if you cant afford their drugs
Yea, welcome to the real world. Also take a look at his videos on food. They're speeding up the process so you need drugs early in life. Also your insurance covers "some" stuff not all of it, so youre fucked right and left.
One of many reasons I started looking into natural remedies many years ago. I don't have any serious medical issues yet (I'm 61). But, for my sinus/allergies/asthma, once I learned about the neti pot, I never had to go to the ER for an asthma attack since then, about 15 years now.
@@nancystockwell7829 of course there's genetics and overall quality of life that factors on your health, maybe you live a little to no stress life and that helps a lot, I have an uncle, 91 years young, drinking a bottle of rum everyday and two packs of Marlboro reds, up until 87 he used to drive to the strip club. He doesn't drive anymore but stills drinks and smokes like he was 20. No medicine, natural or lab made. Just a happy life.
@@nancystockwell7829it’s all nice and well until you get a medical issue that won't respond to any natural methods. That’s when you realise how screwed you are
And people are concerned about wokeness, LGBTQ and social justice BS instead of the real issues.
Americans need to get their priorities right.
The root of most "mental" issues are emotional in nature, disrupted attachment generally speaking.
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Bingo. May more people awaken. Everything is happening inside our bodies......
Preach!!!
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Agreed.
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All due respect but the majority of these prescriptions are not necessary with the correct diet, sleep, exercise and stress reduction.
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All these same medicines are 20-50x cheaper in Georgia, Ukraine, Russia.
I was in a car collision while in the military. I saw the bill and how much the hospital wanted. They charged for everything used. Understandable. But the cost of the items were sometimes 3x higher than market value. Private insurance will just pay it. Government insurance said, "No. This is how much we are going to pay."
I'm not for state-run healthcare but it's understandable when private insurance is one reason for the hike in medical services. Combine that with expensive college degrees and licensing, it's no wonder labor costs is so expensive in the medical field. Jake Tran already touched on this.
My husband needs a liver transplant because he has PSC. He also has MS. I know it will eventually bankrupt us and we will be homeless. Hopefully my existence will end before that happens. It is absolutely terrifying.
There's a young man (29) from my church who is mentally challenged, on SSI, Medicaid, etc. He is getting treated for acute liver failure (we think it's from the jab), and he won't have to pay anything, even if he does need a transplant. The system is completely out of whack. You and your husband should not have to bankrupt yourselves for health reasons, no one should.
@@nancystockwell7829 It is true the middle class are taxed to fund Medicaid/care, but then they cannot afford healthcare even with insurance because it is so expensive. It is backwards to work hard, but not even be able to pay for your own mere survival first. If we can help others we should, but we always need to be able to keep ourselves and our close loved ones cared for first before we expand our charity to others. I feel like we are killing off the productive workers while providing full coverage for free to people that are technically not producing anything which long term doesn't work in an economy or society as a whole. You cannot have more people sitting in the wagon than pulling it, or the wagon won't keep moving at some point.
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its crazy to me that americans live like that
And pay som much fpt health insurance credit cards paydayloans gambl7ng debts and or college. Yeh montage and cardpayments
The richest country in the world but can not provide free Healthcare Saudia Arabia is FAR less rich than the United States but they have free Healthcare.
In switzerland we also dont have free healthcare. Just everybody needs to pay 400dollar every month
Thank god l live in Australia. It doesn't matter what drug I need,it only cost me $6.90 each. I take 5 different ones a day. I'd be dead if I lived in America.
5 a day?? Why??
I don't encourage meds because of the reliance and compounding side effects but yes, we do have a very good system in Australia. The US system is unbelievable.
@@schmooplesthesecond5997 one for reflux, 2 for Depression, 1for nerve pain and a vitamin d. The last one i pay full price for.
I also get a B12 injection every 3 months. I also get a flue shot each year. I also just got my first shingles shot. Have to go back in 2 months for the second. I would hate to pay full price for it all.
@@somerandomfellacan u tell me y meds are bad and how does the Australian system work
Imagine as a diabetic who can't afford insulin, you commit armed robbery or any other felony to get yourself in jail where they're legally required to take care of you. What happens then? Do they give you the maximum sentence or do they sentence you to death by dropping the charges?
One guy did just that to save himself because he had cancer. He robbed the bank and waited for police to arrive, surrendered himself. I don't know what happened next, but it is insane that we live in the most Free country in the world, but cannot get a medical treatment.
I used to live in China, i was disgusted when i came back and realized how terrible the usa is..
How does China system work
Another reason why I will never live in the US, I have asthma and I pay 35 euros for my inhaler ain't no way I'm paying 400 dollars for a drug NO WAY!
It doesn’t help that our Congress has stock in the Pharmaceutical companies.
Yes, it's funny how wealthy our politicians are. Almost like the politician role is just a means for some other end. 😮
Look at the kidney failure it’s horrid what they are doing to people! Dialysis is big business too
Money rules the world.
Not necessarily
Thank you for sharing the pharmacy website, I won’t have my parents insurance in a few years and this will literally save my life
I wish I known this when I was 26 when I got off my dads Boeing insurance cuz man my inhaler 2 one a steroid and one is a rescue I'm 32 now and ill be getting this
Do you work? Because you should have your own insurance and there are subsidies to help you pay for it if you make less than a certain amount. There’s also Medicaid. You cannot go through life expecting to rely on your parents, you need to provide for yourself.
@@dayjeremy yes, thank you random person for reminding me I need to provide for myself, like I didn’t fuggin know that, wow thank you so much I almost forgot I couldn’t mooch off my parents my parents my whole life. You saved me so much misery and pain, without your comment I may have never known that there are other resources available to me, I’m so stupid oh gosh. Not like I have access to internet or anything at all, good thing I connected to RUclips with two rocks and a stick and I SAW YOUR COMMENT, my life might have been completely different.
Thank god I live in the uk, I’m on about 6 different medications and I pay £100 a year and I can get as much medications as I need.
I thought it was funded by ur tax dollers y do u pay money and also ur system is being destroyed uk that right
@@Bell_plejdo568p all treatments is funded and if your on low income or unemployed you also get medication for free. As I am a full time worker on a good wage I do pay for my medication, but like I said it’s only £100 a year for as much as I need.
remember PSYCHIATRY IS DIRT CHEAP!
but anything COSMETIC
or like insulin or something like that...
forget it, too expensive!
Is it not expensive 😮
It isn't. And entirely government funded via "privatization". Job/revenue creation and all that.
The most expensive medication i paid for im Germany was a cannabis prescription, it was between 75-120€
Nice
How is the system funded and also it’s being destroyed now the whole of Germany is collapsing
Most drugs do more harm than help. Many are dangerous like statins.
Yes, there are no what-so-ever excuses here!
It is sole all about cold- and brutal GREED!
These companies and all people involved sold there souls for money and care not for all people suffering that they can't afford medical treatments.
It is all pure disgust. God will not look kind at greedy and soulless people, they will suffer even worse when there time comes.
As much as I want affordable health care in America it's hard to talk louder then the "nonprofit" pharmaceutical companies lobbing for the Republican vote
Our health care system is in everyone's pocket in government. It's certainly a non-partisan issue
Excellent video. I love how you were able to present a solution
This country would never put its people above the dollar
If you got a problem commie go to china or russia
In Poland this inhaler cost 3zł so 0.60$
72% of Americans take at least 1 medicine a day? wow. Pharmaceutical companies got approx 240,000,000 people as daily consumers in the US that is insane, and given America's near 60th in table of life expectancy by country, its not exactly having miraculous results.
Let’s go Jake 🎉 so much love from Australia
I'd raise my prices too if I new most people are paying a large portion with insurance and medical plans lol same thing with college.
Great vid!
Inhaler $400? What are the sources? I just bought without insurance for $15 in my local pharmacy. That is three time less than Europe. 🤔
Can you please ship it to me I am paying 500 a month for it I will pay 100 per one and shipping
@@OmarTayeait’s a shame. Try to get it from Eastern European countries. Their medication is at least 20x cheaper for the same stuff.
Pharmacy Plus in Spring Valley, NY. There is no secret. That is the price. Call them and arrange shipping. It should not go to $500. If you are paying $500, there is someone making a good profit from you. 😎
Continue being courageous and telling the truth. 🎉
How beautiful it is that you americans are paying for Israel's and Ukrainian free Healthcare.. You are good people
that’s a cool plug-crossover. at least the service seems to be genuinely good
Very eye opening…wow
I would normally agree with price controls but with medical it may be necessary. Tell your local representative.
It’s simple, I see Jake Tran, I watch
Same here😂
thanks for being a member!!!
@@tooflex76 thanks for being a member as well!!
Oh Jake exposing something else. Kid can not miss!
Healthcare insurances are dumb. In my country theres no healthcare insurance, but the drugs are affordable. Medical care is free at govt hospitals, and affordable at private clinics/hospitals.
that’s a cool plug / crossover. at least the service seems to be genuinely good
Jak thanks for the info im signing up but not through your link below.
Sounds like an American problem...
The difference is the EU negotiate prices for the whole of EU if they want to get on a market with 800 million proper they need to adhere to price structure. In America it’s the wild Wild West everyone making their own deal not knowing what the others are paying.
Jake youre the man! Keep opening peoples eyes!
Still debating if I should sign up for your program Jake, what do you think?
Riddle me this: is there something offered into people that might be causing many health issues? Also...could it be that there are cheap, yet nonpatented "solutions" to certain symptoms? Hmn...😂
Inhaler that he just showed it was good Rx it is $35 I used to working the pharmacy
I'm from eastern Europe but I live in Spain last 17 years. Going to doctor in Spain is free(0 cost) buying whit prescription it cheap, ibuprofeno 800ml/40 pills it's a euro. Without 5 euro for 400mg/20pills
Well i can think of this really hilarious i live in western country finland where drugs are kind of cheap so if i move to America i will instantly go broke and then my life is like working in textile factory in bangladesh so i dont have point to move in america unless i want ruin my life in style
How does the system work in Finland and isn’t it being destroyed
I think pharmaceutical companies spend so much money on commercial advertising so they have some control over the media coverage of the pharmaceutical industry as a whole. They could put a big dent in advertising revenue for every major broadcast network so they essentially become a controlling interest who could influence the way major network news programs cover their industry
Nice video, makes sense... hope it goes viral. Ppl need to know. See you on the 4th Jan 😉
I thought bribes were illegal. It's funny how Congress picks and chooses their definitions of the term.
That same inhaler cost in Belgium only 0,79 cent's...US 400,-
Come to India, we have wayyy too cheaper drugs.
I'd like to know how much this system differs from Canada's, as many of us have to pay for medication here, as well. Although there are those whom are fortunate enough to have certain levels of coverage.
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A membership fee is not free. It would have been nice if he gave a % of how much would be saved and what the annual membership fee would be. Fee is another way of saying not FREE
He didn’t say the membership was free he said the medication was free . Don’t pick it apart man of course there’s a cost associated somewhere but if it saves thousands in the end it’s all good
From where do you get your sources from
I remember when prescription meds didn’t advertise on tv. Now it’s like every other commercial.
I really enjoyed this commercial by America First Pharmacy.
Lol u caught that too
What about genetic drugs in Canada?
I just picture the Kurt angle stare meme for Percs😭😭😭😭😭
For most medical procedures it is cheaper for an American to travel to Europe or Turkey and visit a private clinic, spend a few days and fly back.
The regulation on food and medicine is beyond ridiculous compared to most countries in the world.
National healthcare in the US is impossible due to the criminally bad deals, regulations, overpricing created over decades.
Just compare prices to anywhere in the world.
18:50 - around this part of the video it would’ve been nice to have some examples
So, If you pay the membership you have access to almost 900 medications for free or very little cost? (w/ prescription obviously)
Price controls are stopping medical progress. While at the same time America's system is screwed up too.
Its great that you are highlighting these important issues that some of us may not know, but would really love to see you make a video on what we csn do about it. About organizing as one people of earth against a common evil,the biggest evil : GREED
Here in Australia those asthma puffers are $10 without a script from any pharmacy. So in America they are $400? Are you shitting me? Is this a joke?
Bought it for $15 last week without insurance.
Had to buy one about 6 years ago didn't have insurance and it was 270.00 at a bi-mart
My asthma ceased after I quit ultra processed foods, took magnesium and vitamin D, started drinking more filtered water and making food at home. Just what worked for me, not telling anyone else what to do.
Ozempic in Poland is 90 dollars, Ozempic in the US is 980 dollars. I sh*t you not! This is right now, December 2023. American healthcare is beyond fked up.
@@user-iv8jf3mr1k That's not even including all the proprietary drugs and surgeries favored instead of cheaper protocols.
😅 then why they paying for my oralisa which is a medication that helps with my polycystic ovaries and my Endometrial which is an FDA approved drug and they keeper in trying to tell me that I need to be put on birth control when I'm on birth control and then I'm also was told that I need to take pain medications like naproxen which I already take so I can't double dose on those medications and this is from Medicaid so they deny an FDA approved drug and they will tell you to get a cheaper type of medication that is a lie.
In Australia, Almost every prescription costs $6.95 AUD. 😊
Y 6 doller specific how does the system work
its not just the US, I hail from Uganda and even here, everyone is trying to get very rich and as long as they can get away with charging more, they will even for the most basic things with no reason at all, people want to live instagram lives I think and its sad because imo, its pointless
Lesson learned, don't get sick in America
a good day to be a US citizen in it
I saw a psychiatrist yesterday in Colombia. The medication was so much cheaper and he did not really want to give me my Clonazepam because a doctor in america has been giving it to me for years. He was so surprised about this. He tried to hide his anger about this doctor being reckless of how long he had let me be on this drug and not try anything else. And a months worth here of this medication without insurance is about $15.
He’s upset but proceeds to do exactly that? Here it’s roughly $60 a month or so without insurance I believe.
Unfortunately "Pharma Bro" is the only one who went to jail for this.
BTW what does the hearings in Congress actually achieve. I see that they hold hearings about everything but no action seems to be there.
They held tech censorship hearings as if they didn't know government agency's were behind it.
Legislation was passed recently with Biden’s administration to reduce insulin costs and to allow medicare and Medicaid to negotiate with pharma. Small steps, but positive direction.
It pains me, for them to tinker with prices just for pure greed
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Inhaler in the UK cost below £10
Government regulations create monopolies.
No they do not.
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50??? Here in Portugal costs less than 5 lol.
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A gun might get the people at the counter to give you the medicine for free. The sign out front saying "gun free zone" really just means the employees won't put up a fight. And if you go to jail, tax payers will pay for your meds.
Where in the hell is there signs saying "gun free zone" ? That's retarded.
There's nothing free market about our health care system. Things like patent laws & certificate of need laws protect big pharm and the major hospitals. There's a reason you can't order these meds from other countries and smaller hospitals can't get the equipment they need.
drugs are also advertised in portugal tv
I was getting roxys for 90 for whole script towrds the end i was 0aying 1700 a month glad im done with them
Well there is also a lot of costs developing the drugs, you don’t know beforehand if it’s going to work or not.
You don’t hear about all the pharma and biotech companies going under.
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A large portion of that is subsidized by American taxpayers...
They use public money for research when ever they can which is more often than you may think.
Nice try pharma boy
Not when you can go in another country and get it 2-100 times cheaper. Its ridiculous just how much americans allow, because alternative is ""communist"".
ovcorse nz is the only other copuntry that does this ,, i live here and i can say most ppl are hooked on drugs there's a crack epidemic and the govt is to blame .. our country is pathetic at them moment
Is this really a free market when you can't go outside the countrys market to buy these drugs and devices?
Prescription drugs are "drugs." That's why they can get very addictive or lethal. Doctors prescribes drugs to patients whom they know less and made them highly addictive to drugs. I tend to stay away from prescription drugs for as much as possible.
@6:32 HAD NO IDEA RICK ASTLEY GOT INTO THE DRUG GANG...