The timeline is crystal clear Old guy - It's from Wikipedia
Timeline of the 2021 United States Capitol attack - Wikipedia
Every single time has a citation so you can see where it was derived from
At 4:17 PM, he uploads a video to twitter - If you want to dispute that time, please do so
As far as medical stuff goes, again, the costs are high because we do not have a single payer system and the insurance companies pay, often multiple of times higher, for prescription and med device costs. This is not an opinion. This is what drives the price our system so high.
- Americans pay almost four times as much for pharmaceutical drugs as citizens of other developed countries.
- In other countries, prices for drugs and healthcare are at least partially controlled by the government. In the U.S. prices depend on market forces.
On average, Americans shell out almost four times as much for pharmaceutical drugs as citizens of other industrialized countries pay. High drug prices are the single biggest area of overspending in the U.S. compared to Europe, where drug prices are government regulated, often based on the clinical benefit of the medication.
With little regulation of drug prices, the U.S. spends an average of $1,443 per person, compared to $749, on average, spent by the other prosperous countries studied. In the U.S. private insurers can negotiate drug prices with manufacturers, often through the services of pharmacy benefit managers. However, Medicare, which pays for a hefty percentage of the national drug costs, is not permitted to negotiate prices with manufacturers
- “Administrative” costs are frequently cited as a cause for excess medical spending. The U.S. spends about 8% of its healthcare dollar on administrative costs, compared to 1% to 3% in the 10 other countries the JAMA study looked at.
Yes, defensive medicine is a part of why our costs are high, but the majority is medical device and medication costs. That's not even a hypothesis, it's a fact. We pay 4-5x more for the same medicine as other countries.
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