You must be one of those doubting Thomases. Sadly, you're quite mistaken. http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_prescrip_price_countries_rep.pdf http://bernie.house.gov/prescriptions/highcost.asp http://www.aarp.org/international/Articles/a2003-07-11-ia-perspectives.html http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/pps/43/s3_canadian.html
Tom P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Hennemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: OT: drugs (was EOS Canon Pricing Strategy) Tom Pfeiffer wrote: > Canon realizes that Americans need a price break since they subsidize > prescription drugs for the rest of the world. > > Here's a statistic to match yours. for every $US we pay for > prescription drugs, the Swiss pay 65�, the UK 64�, Germany and Sweden > 60�, France 51� and Italy only 49�. > > And a lot more money is spent on prescritions than expensive digital > cameras. Unfortunately, it still doesn't pay to take a trip to Italy > just to get a prescrition filled :( Do you have a source for that? I doubt that it is true. Regards Thomas from Germany * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
