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Old 03-21-2014, 02:04 PM  
The Heron
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Originally Posted by Quine View Post
I have bleeding disorder (genetic) called hemophilia. My blood doesn't contain clotting factor so my bleeding can't stop. For example, if I pull out a tooth, I'll bleed until I die. I've been looking at the link you provided and it says HEMOFIL M: 250iu, 1 day supply costs 287$. I use around 20 000iu monthly, that's probably more than 20 000$ monthly, I live in a country with socialized medicine.
Interesting thing is, the patients in USA have better care than most people in the world, how's that possible?
My GF is a pharmacist and helped setup a Hemophilia clinic, the pricing and billing for that is crazy complicated in the usa. And then they end up with actual physical checks for 100k+ just sitting on a desk because the hospital and insurance companies are too stupid to do electronic payments. It's all insane when you are dealing with such expensive drugs.
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