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Should Medicare be allowed to negotiate drug prices?
Seeing a new add sponsored by PhRMA stating that allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices will reduce availability of drugs. I think that might be a fib but wonder what others think. I know drug prices are very high for many Tier 4 and 5 drugs when on Medicare.
S.99 - Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act 116th Congress (2019-2020)
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Someone needs to!
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Not likely....too big....too influential.....too much $$$$....
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It is disgraceful that big pharma lobbyists are able to buy enough people in DC to make us pay the highest drug prices in the world.
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Not on Medicare yet.
Something needs to be done about pricing. Doctor presribed two heart medcines to me one of which is Eliquis(can not miss their TV adds) and three months supply was $1300. Could buy it through Canada at 1/3 the cost, but had to be ordered. Shopped around and all regular US pharmacies were very close in price. Was told by my insuror that I had to pay full price since I did not match my deductible Another drug was $1800 for 3 months. Canadian price is 1/3 of that cost. Pharmacist at Publix gave me information on coupons and saved at least 50%. Now some of us(under 65) need to clip coupons to get reasonalbe priced prescriptions. Have always said insurance is good until you become sick. |
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I find it amusing that the Government is the reason on for high prices, and now people want the Government to reduce the prices.
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another called Jublia, both of which are ridiculously expensive if you're on Medicare and in the donut whole.
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You need to look at not just the cost of the medication but the overall result of paying your 25% on the big picture. I might also add that Jublia is a not covered medication in some Medicare plans as it has a very low complete cure rate, only about 10 to 15% better than placebo when using it every day for an entire year on nails where only a maximum of 50% of the nail was involved, the easier cases to cure. [see also table 2 in the link from the package insert] It did slightly better [additional 5%] if you define cure as mostly better. So if you are self paying, you may want to balance the cost against the likelihood of benefit. Photo from the manufacturer's website:
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OP, Can you ask your doctor if there is a less expensive, but as effective, alternative?
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So you don't think it would help if Medicare started negotiating what they can charge? Why is a drug like Eliquis available for so much less in other countries?
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I support Medicare being allowed to negotiate prices. But the proposals being suggested which despite overwhelming public support, may still not have enough Congressional support are weak tea. They are only suggesting negotiating for a very narrow number of medications.
I did try to find out my Senator's opinions on Medicare negotiating drug costs. I will remove the names to avoid the prohibition about political postings From 2016 [last time I can find something from this Senator] Quote:
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