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The price was not paid "by a country". It was paid by a random American. Not all Americans are rich, 1000 is unaffordable for quite a lot of people.


For most rich countries, it is payed for collectively by the country because of their healthcare system.


That's great but irrelevant to the topic.

That price was paid for by an American consumer or taxpayers.


Only because Americans insist on their self-harm health insurance system. Americans are both collectively wealthy and have a very small number HIV infections per capita




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