Community Chat

[QueenDanceALot]

People have a choice of whether or not to pay lots of money for a sports event.

Totally different from the drug and insurance companies having you by the short hairs.

[hyacinth003]

I read that one of the reasons for the Epi-Pen increase was an actual order or consideration of one to MANDATE it being in schools.

I guess the drug company, seeing that they had an automatic customer base, decided to hike the price.

Hyacinth

[JillyMarie]

Sometimes I think the drug and insurance companies are plotting a way to thin out the herd.  Prices raised above a reasonable level by pharm and insurance cos. refuse to pay or raise the deductable to amounts not realistic for low and low middle income people.

I guess if you can afford to attend football and basketball games then you can afford to pay whatever the cost of Rxs. drugs. 

[JillyMarie]

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@hyacinth003 wrote:

I read that one of the reasons for the Epi-Pen increase was an actual order or consideration of one to MANDATE it being in schools.

I guess the drug company, seeing that they had an automatic customer base, decided to hike the price.

Hyacinth

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[SahmIam]

@January121  I checked for the heck of it. It's a $15 co-pay for me (now that I've reached my deductible, that is).

[SahmIam]

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@JillyMarie wrote:

Sometimes I think the drug and insurance companies are plotting a way to thin out the herd.  Prices raised above a reasonable level by pharm and insurance cos. refuse to pay or raise the deductable to amounts not realistic for low and low middle income people.

I guess if you can afford to attend football and basketball games then you can afford to pay whatever the cost of Rxs. drugs. 

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You know, I've heard this tossed around a few times among those who teach in higher education. It''s been a topic in a few classes... and they're not pointing fingers at drug and insurance compaines when teaching. When discussed, I just sit there, sip my tea and go "Hmm...".

[bonnielu]

Tragedy to have such high prices for drugs that save lives.  Have a family member who needs insulin (pump).  Same high prices.  Monopolies, hold up on generics, and people pay  up or die.  It is that simple.  

[3suwm5]

Do your meds. go toward deductible?  Mine don't.  I pay out of pocket for my $1,000/shot med. every year.  If they go toward deductible, one item per year would take care of your deductible, the whole family I would guess.  That's alot of money, I get it.  Do you have an HSA, those $$ are tax deductible.  We all need to do the best we can with our circumstances. MO 

When we go to single-payer system, we'll all be paying for everyone's meds.  $10,000 at that point, might be cheap. MO

But----

All in all, I would venture to say that we don't want drug companies to STOP THEIR RESEARCH.  I know I want them to continue.

[JillyMarie]

Research for meds that few could afford would be pointless.

[SahmIam]

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@JillyMarie wrote:

Research for meds that few could afford would be pointless.

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Not necessarily. They may have a rare disease but can afford any and all treatment. 

There are also those that have a rare disease but can't afford the treatment that is out there.

In both cases, the patient suffers due to lack...either due to lack of drug, lack of money or both. I know this all too well.