The “expensive” healthcare in the U.S. has big box pharmacies with lower prices.
The “cheaper” healthcare in Europe has small, local, pharmacies, with higher prices. Oh, and it has rent-seekers out to defend the status quo.
I wonder whether or not this is included in most peoples’ assessment of the cost and value of healthcare.
FWIW: Backpacking around Europe in 1984, I found out that in Switzerland the only place you could buy shampoo was the local pharmacy. I still remember paying over $6 for a small bottle. That’s about $15 in 2019.
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