Wow Duane.
Glad I'm not in the US paying for medication.
You cna buy a bottle of codeine cough medicine here over the counter (no script needed) for about ?2.
I used to work in my local pharmacy before I had my second child- was there for about 7 years.
Some medication is really cheap and of course others are expensive.
The inhalers we pay ?6.30 at the moment per item but the doctor usually puts on 2 of each rather than one so he gets 4 inhalers for the ?13 and a bit.
The pill here in the UK is free- guess they want to keep birth rates down.
As long as you don't have a lot of health problems I suppose the system isn't too bad here it's when you need hospital appointments and surgery etc then it all falls apart. ou don't mind paying a bit extra if the service makes up for it and i'm guessing that is the case in NZ- i hope so anyway.
One think I want to check if anyone can tell me is the age children stop getting free check-ups and scripts etc. In the UK it is 16, or 18 if you go to college. Some people on low incomes or benefits also get scripts for free.
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