Monday, June 20, 2005

of rich pharmaceutical companies & cheap generics

I got this much calcium and folic acid supplements for $10.50 (incl. GST). Would've cost me almost $50 if I'd gotten them from the OBGYN or branded stuff off the shelves from pharmacies. This is a very funny situation, you can't actually find these generic supplements on the shelves. So imagine, ordinary folks wanting to get supplements would most probably buy them, paying 5 times the price of generics. I had to approach the cashier to ask and she most willingly handed them out and made a remark about how much cheaper these were...



If only more folks knew, health care would be so much cheaper for consumers. And pharmaceutical execs would have leaner wallets, I bet...

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