Should the government regulate the prices of life-saving drugs?

Yes the government should lower the price of life saving substances but some people might get an addiction to those substances.

Yes, but only for low income customers who should have a note on their prescription that proves that they are eligible for the discount

Yes, but only for when they are being sold to patients who otherwise can't afford it. I think if you can afford the original price, you should pay it!

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Subsidise not regulate

no, subsidise the medicine instead

Look what happens in America where the diabetes drugs were criminally priced where as in other countries they’re very affordable. Unsure what the answer is but making life saving drugs expensive when they don’t need to be is criminal

Health care should be free, abolish government. From each to their ability, to each to their needs

The way it works currently is good just increase PHARMAC funding

Yes, but only for low income customers who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford it. They should have a note on their prescription that proves that they are eligible for the discount

Yes, but do not allow people with life-threatening infectious diseases into the nation.

We should continue with Pharmac as a govt agency looking into new drugs, their price and availability. Pharmaceutical companies are unscrupulous, dishonest and primarily function as money making ventures in the interests of their shareholders. They are not primarily concerned with the health of mankind.

Shorten patents and increase funding.

This is a silly question; Big Pharma have more control over drug prices than any government

Holistic health care instead.

Yes, but companies should be allowed to increase prices on more elective drugs and treatments

This is a complicated one. The government could over price the drug making it unaffordable for those who need it. If they actually make it affordable then yes. But if they price it higher than what the company was going to do then no. Chances are that makes the drug unaffordable.

Yes but specifically for drugs with price gauging ie insulin

Yes, but only for under 18-year-olds.

Consider cost benefit analysis and impact low income families

Promote actual health and natural remedies

No, but they should be regulated

No, but there needs to be options on funding expensive drugs based on need

Yes and they should fund R&D into new life saving drugs

No, but patents should not exist

This question does not apply to New Zealand

Everyone should have access to anything that would help them when are ill.

How can our government regulate the cost of prescription drugs? They can only subsidise, or not, thereby regulating the cost to the individual.

No because cost of living is increasing but just a medical prescription should not be so high in price

It does already through Pharmac subsidised medicines to the extend that most people do not pay anything for their prescribed medicines

Yes, and medicine and healthcare should be funded/subsidised by the government.

Only through a state agency that is independent from political interference.

No, but as they regulate what drugs are available as well as what are government funded, they should work harder to get prices down

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There should be no cost or price on life saving drugs.

All healthcare would be subsidised

Yes and socialise medicine and healthcare and regulate the price of all prescription

Governments should negotiate the purchase of key drugs collectively to give them countervailing Power against drug companies.

Medication like birth control that is so expensive. Not everyone can take the cheap birth control

No, but they should be Pharmac approved

Provide more funding for life saving drugs

More thought needs to go in to this but more support and funding needed

no kiwis should have more access to life-saving drugs

How could they do this since they don't produce them?

State subsidise drugs

Yes if they are prepared to fund research and innovation that may not be possible with limited prices

No, the government should subsidise life-saving drugs and make them affordable to those on minimum wage

For the patient, yes, but the government should not limit availability of life-saving medications due to cost

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Do you think there's a way to balance making drugs affordable without discouraging companies from developing new treatments?

Is it fair that prices for the same drugs can be drastically different in other countries, and how does that make you feel as a consumer?

Do you think drug pricing is a moral issue, and why or why not?

If you were faced with choosing between two expensive drugs, how would you make that decision and what factors would matter most to you?

Do companies deserve to charge high prices for innovative medicines if they invested millions in research and development, or is that unfair to patients?

Should governments have the right to set prices for drugs, or should it be left to the free market?

Do you believe that life-saving medications should be affordable for all, even if it impacts drug company profits?

How would you feel if someone you love couldn’t access a medicine due to its high cost?

How might regulating drug prices change people's trust in the healthcare system?

Have you or someone you know ever struggled with the high cost of a necessary medication, and how did that affect you emotionally?