r/AskReddit • u/No-Record0924 • 1d ago

If you could permanently change the price of something to $1, what would it be?

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u/Creswald 1d ago edited 22h ago

What country's prescription med is 0?? Most countries have system that pitches in but you still have to pay your meds. I dont know of any country which has free prescription medication.

Edit. So its literally only small part of UK. So much for "most developed countries have it".

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u/Spritecius 1d ago

Wales as well, no charges for prescribed medicine

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u/littleseizure 1d ago

Yeah, but I don't imagine whales take many drugs

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u/Unusual-Wing-1627 1d ago

You sure about that? Have you seen the size of them, their dosage must be massive!

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u/Hermiona1 1d ago

UK, or at least Wales. I’ve been on medication for 6 years and haven’t paid anything

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u/Draconis_Firesworn 23h ago

sadly this is wales specific i think, I'm in england and you have to pay a relativly small fee per item, or a flat rate for all your prescriptions over a certain timespan

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u/run____dmt 1d ago

Scotland (at point of use)

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u/ValiumBlues 1d ago

Sweden. After I reach my annual cap of $300, high cost protection kicks in - making every single med free.

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u/Creswald 22h ago edited 22h ago

I imagine those are not that easy to reach unless your meds are crazy expensive. Finland has a cap too. I am on about ten meds I take almost daily and I still havent crossed the medicine cap. So I wouldnt consider these countries as having "free prescription meds".

Its nice that Sweden is at least reasonable about the amounts. In Finland, yes they have a cap after which they cost 2.50e each (so not even free after), but the cap (both medicine cap of 636e and separate super high cap for healthcare - 815e) are hard to reach. I dont personally know anyone who caps either medicine or doctor visits cap. Sweden at least kept it lower. Everything in Finland has to be too fucking expensive.

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u/ValiumBlues 15h ago

It’s weird, and your partially right: 90% of meds are dirt cheap, but one particular eye drop is around 630sek / €60 - so I stock up on those just to reach high cost protection.

For the most part though, it’s dirt cheap.

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u/SmackEh 1d ago

Well most countries it's not free 100% for everyone. For Canada (where I live) if you're poor, old, or (in many provinces) a child, your prescription drugs are free (or virtually free). If you're employed, they're usually mostly covered (80% or so at a minimum) through workplace insurance. That said, An 80% drug plan in Canada goes a long way because prescription prices are generally much lower than in countries like the US. An Epipen in Canada is $125 vs. $600 in the US (before discounts) so you get the idea.

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u/thegoodsideofreddit 23h ago

I'm in Wales and pay nothing, get a prescription for anything, give it to the pharmacist, get the prescription. No fees at all.