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85. I paid $20K out of pocket with O-care insurance in just 2 months

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:01 PM

Aug 2016

This was for pre-op doc visits, the operation, hospital stay and one post-op doc visit. Also includes $1500 for naturopath visits and supplements that weren't covered.

Maybe not so much for great care that saved my life, but unsustainable cost if I had not gotten better.

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EpiPen maker lowers price after uproar [View all] DonViejo Aug 2016 OP

The Judiciary Committee hearing still should take place, even for cynical political reasons. ancianita Aug 2016 #1

Most Definitely... LovingA2andMI Aug 2016 #36

Absolutely. They're still going to gouge insurance Hortensis Aug 2016 #44

Yeah PatSeg Aug 2016 #56

Consumer Reports has a new [u]free[/u] article on EpiPen alternative. Hortensis Aug 2016 #57

That is really good to hear PatSeg Aug 2016 #58

Which month of the Consumer Reports is that in? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 #80

August for both the article and its follow-up. Hortensis Aug 2016 #81

They aren't the first to do that, unfortunately. Massacure Aug 2016 #99

Wow. Being fairly free of medications so far, I confess Hortensis Aug 2016 #100

Fraudulent billing and fantasy numbers- my chemo experience ($250,000 for 12 rounds) wordpix Aug 2016 #112

One of the oral chemo drugs I take costs about 8.5K for a 2-week supply. moonscape Aug 2016 #105

drug companies are in bed with insurance companies---drug pricing is a huge scam wordpix Aug 2016 #109

what, and rap the wrists of their puppetmasters? Won't happen, or it will be just for show wordpix Aug 2016 #110

That's my cynical take, but who knows; something might just get done. Obama's taught me hope. ancianita Aug 2016 #111

unfortunately, the noncompetitive drug pricing is Congress' doing - we need more Dems wordpix Aug 2016 #113

They met, came up with a dozen options and picked the one lowest the gullible would accept. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #2

So does this mean they have still increased the price from $100 to $300. The way I read this, they EV_Ares Aug 2016 #3

that is the way I read it also rurallib Aug 2016 #35

Exactly, they have no morals, still scheming with their greed. EV_Ares Aug 2016 #41

The maker of the EpiPen is playing another dirty trick right from Martin Shkreli's book EV_Ares Aug 2016 #49

this stuff is rampant, see post 60 about my $20K IV drip wordpix Aug 2016 #62

That's what it sounds like to me too. The first price rise was a negotiating ploy � ask for . . . brush Aug 2016 #53

That is exactly what they did Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #73

Yeah, providing a coupon = not lowering price. harun Aug 2016 #82

Exactly what retailers do BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #4

This sounds like a Shkreli two-step. forest444 Aug 2016 #5

I saw a Tweet from a doctor that said that his cost on the med and a syringe is $2.71. onehandle Aug 2016 #6

A Paramedic in Salt Lake City has a solution: Stainless Aug 2016 #13

So the truth is people are having to pay for the apparatus not the Epinephrine. Unconscionable YOHABLO Aug 2016 #68

There is a very good reason for that Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #74

Did the CEO give back her bonus/raise? eom Frustratedlady Aug 2016 #7

I think I know why this happened so quickly DFW Aug 2016 #8

plus their stock nosedived in the past couple days eShirl Aug 2016 #23

Manchin's daughter got her bonus DFW Aug 2016 #25

looks like she might spend her great fortune on lawyers wordpix Aug 2016 #63

I hear you on the cost of chemo DFW Aug 2016 #67

I paid $20K out of pocket with O-care insurance in just 2 months wordpix Aug 2016 #85

Oh, the one with an MBA from Sorta Maybe U? Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #95

This message was self-deleted by its author mark67 Aug 2016 #31

Except that Manchin is no friend of Camp Clinton DFW Aug 2016 #33

??? ---> Petrushka Aug 2016 #102

Of course he'll SAY that DFW Aug 2016 #104

And... LovingA2andMI Aug 2016 #37

Up to $300 drm604 Aug 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author mark67 Aug 2016 #26

Yep, classic weaselly language. n/t Gormy Cuss Aug 2016 #47

Sounds like they still want to bill rainy Aug 2016 #10

Exactly, and that's a problem. drm604 Aug 2016 #11

Yep. When insurance companies pay, we ALL pay. crazylikafox Aug 2016 #21

Fuck them. This is one of the reasons why my ACA subsidy strategery blunder Aug 2016 #29

yes your must choose between your healthcare and improving your income wordpix Aug 2016 #65

I am experienced with the scandal going on, as a patient wordpix Aug 2016 #64

So true... I get charged around $500 for, literally, a 5 minute well visit with a nurse Francis Booth Aug 2016 #69

Lets put this in perspective for what it is turbinetree Aug 2016 #12

FWIW: America: What Went Wrong is available free with Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription. napi21 Aug 2016 #42

They have gutted the budgets for all regulatory agencies many years ago. Dustlawyer Aug 2016 #45

absolutely true. Add to your agencies the Dept. of Agriculture wordpix Aug 2016 #86

grrr allan01 Aug 2016 #14

pure bs rdking647 Aug 2016 #15

also they did NOT reduce the list price. What they did is provide a "savings card" only for those still_one Aug 2016 #19

First of all 300 dollars is still too much. Epinephrine is extremely inexpensive, and it is stil still_one Aug 2016 #16

Yes, it's with other drugs.... forkol Aug 2016 #30

Yes, this is a systemic issue rather than an isolated one. suffragette Aug 2016 #88

this happened to glaucoma meds a few years back arithia Aug 2016 #17

K&R. Still not enough. Keeps the price-gouging issue on the table. Overseas Aug 2016 #18

Smoke and mirrors kacekwl Aug 2016 #20

They think a stupid coupon with shady wording will fix this? wildeyed Aug 2016 #22

Perhaps the industry most in need of nationalization. n/t eShirl Aug 2016 #24

EpiPen needs to be $2.00 retail and over the counter so the Corp will make 50% profit. Sunlei Aug 2016 #27

Makes me wonder if she will get a pay cut.n/t Bonhomme Richard Aug 2016 #28

ephedrine can't be otc MattP Aug 2016 #32

No Joe Told Heather... LovingA2andMI Aug 2016 #34

so rtracey Aug 2016 #38

Because children carry them Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #75

For adults, would something like this work? Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2016 #91

Whoa - thanks for that link! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #98

Hey Heather, How's that $18 million raise you gave yourself doing? BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #39

You Mean... LovingA2andMI Aug 2016 #46

Woa. GREAT link, thanks! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #48

There's zero chance she gives a shit. Oneironaut Aug 2016 #55

Yep. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #59

That does little for poor people Cryptoad Aug 2016 #40

That's still way too much! ananda Aug 2016 #43

It's still $300 for a drug that used to cost $57. Fuck you Mylan. Initech Aug 2016 #50

let's boycott them. Tell your docs: no Mylan drugs wordpix Aug 2016 #61

This way they can write it off as a business loss and we will pay for it through the govt. cbdo2007 Aug 2016 #51

so why did these people raise the price so high anyway ? allan01 Aug 2016 #52

The problem isn't that EpiPen is being immoral. The problem is, there's no reason they should care. Oneironaut Aug 2016 #54

"government has no desire to break up monopolies anymore" We need a Teddy Roosevelt wordpix Aug 2016 #66

The Congress has to do this. ananda Aug 2016 #90

Epipen is tip of iceberg; Congress refuses competitive drug pricing in O-care wordpix Aug 2016 #60

Why can't this bullshit be attacked from the anti-monopoly laws? Francis Booth Aug 2016 #70

THIS repuke Congress won't attack any monopoly wordpix Aug 2016 #87

It's certainly true that congress doesn't give one shit Francis Booth Aug 2016 #93

the only answer is a Dem--not Dino Manchin---Congress wordpix Aug 2016 #114

The government created the monopoly hugo_from_TN Aug 2016 #89

Hmmm... those devices have been around a while. I wonder Francis Booth Aug 2016 #92

The title of this article is really a misnomer. They didn't lower the price. blue neen Aug 2016 #71

Bastards didn't lower the price Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #72

+1,000!!! I hate these drug companies so much. AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #118

A COUPON? PFFFTT! bravenak Aug 2016 #76

As repentant as Dumpf's 'apology' Panich52 Aug 2016 #77

As a person who carries one, I say Lifelong Protester Aug 2016 #78

About Time colsohlibgal Aug 2016 #79

The title of this story is false I believe workinclasszero Aug 2016 #83

You are correct. greatlaurel Aug 2016 #94

The problem is that doctors write "Epipen" on the prescription TexasBushwhacker Aug 2016 #84

Depends on the state. LeftyMom Aug 2016 #101

Well, that should be changing TexasBushwhacker Aug 2016 #106

How many other drug companies do we need to go after now? Ilsa Aug 2016 #96

All of the bastards workinclasszero Aug 2016 #97

I'm with you^^^^^^+1000 wordpix Aug 2016 #115

Seriously, how many people in this country will die area51 Aug 2016 #103

Outrageous that there's no competition, and Mylan pushed laws to REQUIRE pens in schools/facilities johnnyrocket Aug 2016 #107

thanks to repukes, the fed gov cannot buy ANY drugs from competing companies outside US wordpix Aug 2016 #108

Liars and frauds! Unit 001 Aug 2016 #116

But aren't they still charging insurance companies and the governments the high prices? PersonNumber503602 Aug 2016 #117

see my fraudulent billing post #112 wordpix Aug 2016 #119