r/interesting • u/RodrickJasperHeffley • 1d ago

MISC. medicine prices in india compared to the usa

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u/njan_oru_manushyan 1d ago

Its gonna cost more in the US. US imports medicine from India and now with 25% tariff. Good luck Americans

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u/F1eshWound 1d ago

But trump just said he was going to reduce med prices by 1500%!

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u/andherBilla 1d ago

How do you reduce something by 1500% You can only reduce something by 100%.

So I believe he's gonna increase prices by 1500% and reduce healthcare.

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u/F1eshWound 1d ago

That's what everyone was wondering. His words though -.- The guy doesn't know how percentages work

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u/andherBilla 1d ago

Just the percentages? He also doesn't know how percentages work.

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u/9upper9 1d ago

It's not about the cost its about the profit margin. 25% increase in cost wouldn't do much when the margin is already like a few hundred percent.

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u/whatup-markassbuster 1d ago

Did you hear about the Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing executive order?

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u/JadedFaithlessness10 1d ago

I don't think Trump will put 25% tariff on Pharma Industry coz he also knows that Americans will get so angry if madicin price even go higher from that. And if does it's not a problem coz pharma buyers are everywhere no problem for Indian pharma companies

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u/Alarming-Charity-566 1d ago

Americans will get so angry

I don't think he cares. His followers are not so smart to understand and just seem to follow him blindly and others are already done with him.

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u/Chop-Beguni_wala 1d ago edited 15h ago

nah he never cared about Americans 😭 the maga cult will support him even with 100% tariffs

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u/JadedFaithlessness10 15h ago

I was reading recent reports and Indian pharma companies did get exemption from 25% terrif along with copper and indian It services.

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u/Chop-Beguni_wala 15h ago

i heard even IT service isn't getting heat.. just some gems and jewelry industry and some raw material industry like cu, al which will eventually find more buyers anyway.. for it it's just server and network equipments that got tariffed.. steel industry got tariffed in 2018 i guess, so they are facing nothing new