Wifey just showed me the drug bills for THIS year to treat her MDS

[Ferrets are Cool]

So far the costs have been 32K, with insurance picking up all but 9,000 of it. Thank goodness for that, but I still have to think of those developed countries without a For Profit Health Industry. We, as a country, should be doing so much better.

[GreenWave]

1. Sorry to hear that.

Our government really does not do all it can for the common good.

[republianmushroom]

2. YES

[gab13by13]

3. My daughter worked in the industry,

is now in the medical device field. Years ago she told me that companies like Bayer, and Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, all have factories in India, China, and other countries. For an example, it may cost them 4 dollars to make a bottle of pills that costs 84 dollars in America. That's just a mild example.

I remember when Bernie Sanders was pushing for buying drugs in Canada and Republicans argued against it because of safety concerns, The pills were coming from India and China regardless. I just had to check on a blood pressure pill that I take that was manufactured in Mexico, it wasn't my lot.

[demigoddess]

4. add in the cost of the ads that run continuously on tv. That must be a fortune!!

seems like when I watch tv there are ads all over the place.

[Ms. Toad]

5. My daughter's medical bills are $200,000 - each and every year.

Mostly for meds, and the administration thereof. She may be moving to a cheaper drug (the more costly one is no longer working - and she has developed arthritis related to her disease which is better treated by an older drug). Unfortunately the older one has an increased cancer risk (on top of the half-dozen cancers her disease puts her at risk for).

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. I don't even know what to say.

Sending my heartfelt thoughts.

[Ms. Toad]

7. Fortunately, the places she's worked since she turned 26 have better insurance than I ever did.

Earthfare, Starbucks, and now Amazon. Dirt cheap, and they have covered all but $2-3,000 of her bills.