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« on: September 22, 2021, 07:02:44 AM »

US pharmaceutical companies aren't happy that the NHS uses its bargaining power to pay a very low price for drugs and want any trade deal to raise the price paid. Given that that is a substantial proportion of the NHS's spending, that would have knock-on consequences.
That has literally never happened and I think a large part of why Labour is failing is that they are unable to grasp the NHS argument no longer works. Labour has insinuated roughly 600 times that this or that Tory bill would be the end of the NHS and would lead to it being sold off.

It's a boy who cried wolf argument that's not going to work or change anybody's mind anymore.

Reading comprehension is your friend. The NHS paying more for drugs does not equal the NHS being sold off; it would however raise NHS spending without improving patient outcomes.
Canada noticeablaly falls under the deal and has one of the most public healthcare systems in the world even more than the NHS.while still having a similar expenditure on drugs

The original deal included a clause lenghthning the exclusivity period of new drugs to 10 years (which would have hurt Mexico and Canada much), but it had to be removed, as the Democrat House wanted none of it.
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