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Originally Posted by kane
The inhalers cost between $45-$55 each. The daily dose medicine costs $275 for a 30 day supply. Those are the best prices I can find. I can order the exact same medicine online for a fraction of the cost. Where I buy my inhaler online I buy then for $11 each. The daily dose medicine I get for $70 for a 30 day supply. It is the same medicine form the same manufacturer and you know they are still making a profit on it, only it is more like 100% markup instead of the 400%+ markup they get in the US. Most people don't realize how much medicine really costs until their insurance refuses to pay for it, but it is a huge cost for many people.
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That's why the govt. made a damn deal with the pharmaceutical companies before they even STARTED working on the "health care (insurance bonanza) reform"
Too much money at stake for the big pharmaceutical and insurance companies. People here in the USA pay more than anybody else. It's total bullshit.
And remember a few years ago before the internet? There was a big uproar in Washington DC because people were driving into Canada and buying their prescription drugs. I believe they tried to pass LAWS saying you couldn't do that!!!
It's just unreal. Seems like the govt. completely controls EVERYTHING we do!
I was listening to another tax cut debate on CNN the other day. And they kept saying over and over that the "tax cuts for millionaires" were the reason for our deficit.
And I couldn't help but think....Isn't it SPENDING that causes the fucking deficit? Not that the U.S. govt didn't tax people more so Nancy Pelosi could ride around in a private military jet the last 2 years.
