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From the Heritage Foundation:

A recent study shows that while over 50 percent of patients in the United States receive the latest, most effective pharmaceuticals for arthritis, they are available to only 15 percent of patients in Germany and the United Kingdom. The same trend is revealed with regard to cardiovascular medicine. In Italy and Belgium, the threshold condition for receiving the most innovative and effective therapy is having a cholesterol level of about 290 as well as proof of a family history of heart trouble, even though established medical opinion holds that a cholesterol level of 190 is the appropriate threshold for treatment.

New medications are a critical component of health care, yet patients in many European Union countries have to wait years before they become available. In most European countries, pharmaceutical companies must not only get approval from the national departments of health, but must also obtain pricing and reimbursement approvals before they can introduce a new drug into the market. Because this can result in delays averaging 18 months, many breakthrough medications are simply unavailable for extended periods of time. A study conducted by Europe Economics revealed that, from 1995 to 1997, more than half of the new medications surveyed were unavailable through pharmacies in Portugal, Italy, and Greece. More than one-third were unavailable in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.

The delays serve an economic purpose: Because the new products are more expensive than the old ones, by delaying access to the new drugs, the governments save money. Though European politicians try to save money by cutting services across the health care sector, pharmaceuticals are frequently targeted because cutting drug expenditures is relatively easy.

Comments

[corvus]

So why do Europeans have longer average lifespans and better overall health measures than US citizens?

Perhaps the lack of drugs is a benefit, rather than harmful, considering how many Americans die each year from being given the wrong dosage/type of medication?

[poormedicalstudent]

to the commenter above:

perhaps the life-span difference has more to do with environmental factors than being given the wrong drug. in fact, i would venture a guess that less stress leads to a longer average life span in europe. place europeans in an american way of life, with 50+ hour work weeks, only 2 vacation weeks/year, etc. and you might see the european average fall.

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