SuperSpreader Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/04/30/health/mallinckrodt-whistleblower-lawsuit-acthar/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F Shaaaammmmmeeeee American healthcare may be the most corrupt in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 25 minutes ago, 2user1cup said: American healthcare may be the most corrupt in the world Somewhere out there, someone just got asked to hold a beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I had a pretty bad experience recently. My prescription plan wanted to switch me over to 90 day supplies of my meds with home delivery. My dr sends in the request but I wouldn't get the delivery until Thursday. I would run out of meds before then and they refused to let me get my antidepressant at a local pharmacy. Had to miss a day of work because if I skip an a day of taking pristiq I get withdrawal symptoms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, Zaku3 said: I had a pretty bad experience recently. My prescription plan wanted to switch me over to 90 day supplies of my meds with home delivery. My dr sends in the request but I wouldn't get the delivery until Thursday. I would run out of meds before then and they refused to let me get my antidepressant at a local pharmacy. Had to miss a day of work because if I skip an a day of taking pristiq I get withdrawal symptoms. Dude. Maybe stop thinking about yourself and take one for the team! Teeeaaam Ameeeerrrrrriiicaaaaaa! Amerrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccaaaaaaaaaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 28 minutes ago, legend said: Somewhere out there, someone just got asked to hold a beer. It was America. He grabbed the can, crushed it and threw the empty can at a bird. Then he started doing one arm push ups chanting DEFENCE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 4 hours ago, legend said: Somewhere out there, someone just got asked to hold a beer. That person wants to be even more corrupt. So yeah it could be America as in the American Government that turns a blind eye to the corruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 This is perfect material for several local News inspirational stories of 12 year olds who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and sold lemonade for 72 hours straight through a winter storm without sleep to afford their diabetes medication. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 It's almost hard to understand how this can happen. As the article points out, most of the $2B spent on this drug was from Medicare. How was it that there's not some kind of price control built into Medicare? It seems like a simple rule that says Medicare won't accept a price increase beyond inflation + x% would fix this kind of thing. As long as X is less than 900% it would have caught this. Bribing doctors is almost a completely separate issue. Yeah, it's bad, and yeah, basically everything about how drugs are marketed (to doctors and patients) should be overhauled, but it seems like the core problem here is that raising the price of a drug by 1000% year over year doesn't raise a red flag anywhere. Punish everyone involved here, but also maybe we should make it harder to just jack up the price of medicine for no particular reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 17 hours ago, TwinIon said: It's almost hard to understand how this can happen. As the article points out, most of the $2B spent on this drug was from Medicare. How was it that there's not some kind of price control built into Medicare? It seems like a simple rule that says Medicare won't accept a price increase beyond inflation + x% would fix this kind of thing. As long as X is less than 900% it would have caught this. Bribing doctors is almost a completely separate issue. Yeah, it's bad, and yeah, basically everything about how drugs are marketed (to doctors and patients) should be overhauled, but it seems like the core problem here is that raising the price of a drug by 1000% year over year doesn't raise a red flag anywhere. Punish everyone involved here, but also maybe we should make it harder to just jack up the price of medicine for no particular reason. Hyper capitalism baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 19 hours ago, TwinIon said: It's almost hard to understand how this can happen. As the article points out, most of the $2B spent on this drug was from Medicare. How was it that there's not some kind of price control built into Medicare? It seems like a simple rule that says Medicare won't accept a price increase beyond inflation + x% would fix this kind of thing. As long as X is less than 900% it would have caught this. Isn't Medicare explicitly forbidden from negotiating drug prices? They gouge Medicare because they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 41 minutes ago, Jason said: Isn't Medicare explicitly forbidden from negotiating drug prices? They gouge Medicare because they can. That sounds like exactly the kind of insanity that is very likely enshrined in law, I don't really know. Either way, it seems like maybe that shouldn't be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Raise their taxes 97,000%, problem solved. Unless they pay no taxes, in which case, increase the amount of carbon monoxide in their blood 97,000%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 10 hours ago, Jason said: Isn't Medicare explicitly forbidden from negotiating drug prices? They gouge Medicare because they can. what the actual fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I swear having a dictator in Africa decide who gets life saving medicine would be a better system than what we have in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/a-2-million-drug-is-about-to-hit-the-market/ar-AAB1eN9?ocid=AMZN Quote A new treatment for an infant muscle-wasting disease is about to go on sale at a potential cost of $2 million, a record price tag likely to fuel the continuing scrutiny of how companies price their drugs and how insurers pay for them. Novartis AG has yet to set a price for the gene therapy called Zolgensma, but executives say the drug’s potential to cure spinal muscular atrophy, an inherited disease that typically kills babies before they turn two, justifies a seven-figure price. Gene therapies target diseases that result from a faulty gene by introducing a working version into the body. They are attracting interest, both for their ability to cure otherwise devastating illnesses in one treatment and also for their high cost. Luxturna, the only gene therapy on sale in the U.S. so far to treat a form of inherited sight loss, costs $850,000 a patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 We can fix your child you just have to sign away they're life to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/drug-prices-must-be-revealed-in-tv-ads-under-new-trump-rule/ar-AAB67a0?ocid=AMZN Quote Pharmaceutical companies will have to reveal the price for many prescription drugs in TV commercials, under a new rule announced by the Trump administration Wednesday. The requirement is part of President Trump's efforts to crack down on drug costs — one of his few initiatives to earn wide bipartisan support. Under the rule, which is set to go into effect over the summer, drugmakers will have to disclose prices in ads for any medication that costs more than $35 for a month's supply. It's similar to the current requirement for drug companies to spell out a drug's side effects in TV ads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I like that change. To add to my story I didn't buy a few pills of Pristiq because 4 is like 90 dollars. Absolutely insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 wtf I love trump now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I.... actually agree with that idea? Who came up with it, because it sure as hell wasn't Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 dude I love it! 100% behind this, how! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Now use the Medicare buying power to actually save taxpayers (and seniors) money by negotiating prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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