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spasmcreek
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TRUMP proposal to require drug companies to post prices in ads......YEAH !! BRAVO !!....big pharma is screaming FOUL ???? i had to go on a new med for a problem and about fainted when the month scrip cost about 10 times the usual stuff..pay up or suffer...seems drugs would be a whole lot cheaper if they had a simple ad and price instead of 2 minutes of glorious blather and 8 minutes of side effects alway listing diahreaa, constipation , and sudden death....and......TELL YOUR DOCTOR ???? he has never told me how to farm ???
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All that said, mandating something for the pharmacy industry that is not mandated for all industries seems to be a bit of overreach. Transparency in drug pricing is available today if the consumer asks. I would think a more important regulation would be mandatory price detailing at point of sale or point of prescription. The fact is that with the vast majority of prescription being paid by third parties, the average consumer has no incentive to monitor or even care about the price of the meds he is getting so long as the co-pay does not break the bank.
Drug price escalation is, IMO, a problem created by insurance companies via the shielding of the their end customers from the actual cost of the drugs. The largest insurance company (and thus the largest contributor to the problem) is the US Government. Finding ways to get th US Government out of the equation should thus be the best way to allow the market to bring pricing under control.
Brad Steele
Quite sure NO PRESIDENT has accomplished more than any I can remember. With a little help from the DIMS Trump would have accomplishments like border security and health care. Wait, health care wasn't all the DIMS fault, Senator JOHN McCain can be posthumously thanked for that one. Maybe he'll get a hurt_* medal:
The DIMS are entirely focused on destroying Trump and the country while spending huge amounts on BS programs and pork barrel projects. Remember Obummers "shovel ready projects" don't know any that exist but I've read there are still some in planning. :x
It's a rip off when XYZ drug mfg in the USA can be ordered from Canada for $ including shipping when the same XYZ drug from your local neighborhood pharmacy costs $$$$.
And as far as a 'third party payer' such as your insurance company and the public not caring about price, only a fool would believe price competition would NOT lower costs and therefore, lower insurance premiums. DUH!
Of course, the insurance companiers have been ripping off the public for decades also ~ otherwise they would have huge expensive building and pay their executives and employees as much as they do. Some employees make in excess of $100,000 a year plus full benefits.
Add to that: the entire health care industry is all about money....not the hypocratic oath. It's about hooking you on pills for your whole life, return doctor visits, "routine checks/tests for whatever & often called "maintenance" etc. to feed the medical industry bank accounts. Also, I believe the medical field found a cure for cancer decades ago but there is to much money in it for 'research' and 'treatment' for the cure to be given to the general public. They don't want to "kill the golden cow they continue to milk."
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
Not sure how Canada is NOW, but when I had the correct amount I'd do a "first in" / "last out" and was OK until this day.
Many "online" Canadian Pharmacies, just need to know which one is reliable. A penny saved is a penny earned.
Also was placed on Bilintia, 400.00 a month. Doc gives me a coupon that lets me buy it for 5.00 a month with Blue Cross insurance. Guess what, went on Medicare last December and they won't honor the coupon, cost me 200.00 a month, my share. Don't tell me health care is not rigged. Hospitals say they are going broke all the time but drive around the country and see what is being built and remodeled.
Another note, my Blue Cross and the hospital would settle for .50 on the dollar then my part would be about 10% of that, said it was member savings.
Blue Cross was charging me 2200.00 a month for insurance when I went to Medicare.
One more rant while I am at it. Business near me hired a new worker, he left a company that had him insured. New employer's insurance would not kick in until 90 days. He had worked 6 weeks and had a major stroke 10 days ago, in intensive care, can't walk and can't talk. I bet if he had entered this country illegally he would still be in bad shape physically but he would be provided with all the health care one could ask for at our cost.
On a better note, scheduled for a "Watchman" procedure next month and will never need blood thinner again, whoopee.