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Tom Rinaldo

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2. "...the reasons for the expense focuses on the cost of the patients medications"

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:41 AM

Apr 2017

OK, that's speculation on their part but well founded. Again, drug prices, and again Congress opposes any efforts to allow any government agency to negotiate with drug companies about drug prices unlike virtually everywhere else in the world, insuring that Americans always pay the highest prices on Earth for medications

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This one unbelievably expensive Iowa patient makes the case for single-payer healthcare [View all] Zorro Apr 2017 OP

It makes the case that we should find out what exactly is costing $1,000,000 per month. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #1

Good luck. Publishing this patients specific treatment regimen would be a serious Calista241 Apr 2017 #4

Darn, someone quashed my plan with reality. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #5

"...the reasons for the expense focuses on the cost of the patients medications" Tom Rinaldo Apr 2017 #2

If you give a company a monopoly, one can hardly be surprised when they charge a monopoly price. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #3