India, July 6 -- An Indian senior citizen's account of navigating the US healthcare system has sparked a discussion online after he claimed that a medicine that costs around Rs.2,500 in India ended up costing the equivalent of Rs.42,000 in the US.

In an X post, user Adhir Sinha shared that he had been staying in Seattle with his wife for 2 months. He recounted how they had to seek medical help after the supply of medicines they had brought from India ran out. His wife had been recovering from a respiratory illness using medication prescribed in India, but they needed a prescription after exhausting their stocks.

"As our supply ran out, So, I asked my daughter to schedule an appointment with a pulmonologist (respiratory specialist) in Se...