>> "What is so screwed about it in the authors eyes?"
Maybe I missed something but it seems blantantly obvious. In the US he has to pay for health insurance PLUS $720 a month for drugs he needs. In the UK this is provided at almost no cost to the patient through taxes. No health insurance and no huge drug cost.
So maybe a more fair comparison would be to compare total costs in the US (insurance premium and drug cost) to the total costs in the UK (higher taxes and small Rx cost)?
Of course the end result would all depend on your salary level.
Maybe I missed something but it seems blantantly obvious. In the US he has to pay for health insurance PLUS $720 a month for drugs he needs. In the UK this is provided at almost no cost to the patient through taxes. No health insurance and no huge drug cost.