got obama'ed today

I've never seen a bigger rip-off in my life.

I was talking to the head pharmacist at The Walgreens where we get prescriptions and he was telling me that he has never seen prices rise at this rate in his entire career.

But think of all the illegals and food stampers you're subsidizing with those premiums! Only together do we move forward. Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.



Not coincidence both campaigns use the same "Forward!" message.

Traditional leftist way - rip off the donors and give to the losers

Honestly, I think that the President and the Democrats truly believed that this would really bring prices down.

I'm not sure that any of the people involved had any real world experience in business though.

I think they are as shocked as we are by what is happening.

Fixed it for ya'.

I just got off the phone with a dear friend of mine who is the head pharmacist at Walgreens for over 20 years (he's at work now) and I read him this post by the OP. The minute I read it, of course you're going to blame Obama.

He clearly said, and most of you should know this, is that "all of a sudden, recently.." the price of something so simple as 250mg Erythromycin skyrocketed as well as all other medicines and he said it's the industry itself.

Is this repercussive to the Affordable Care Act? Maybe so, but remember... ---> Romney ran his own Obamacare. I.e., Romneycare. And most candidates knew that healthcare had to be reformed. Shit, Hillary tried this back in the Clinton days, remember?

The first step to anything great is always birth pangs. It's a step in the right direction. Healthcare was out of control. It had to be stemmed. I know. It almost bankrupted me over 11 years.

These speed bumps will mellow out. It was never really about scripts, it was about the fucking doctors that charge STUPID FUCKING amounts of money just to sit there and write these scripts and CAT scans that cost a fucking Ferrari to pay for.

Give it some time. We are finally on the way to a different (kind of) system, and things will be shaken up. This is a basic understanding of physics. Or, to make it simple for some of you morons, it's like throwing a HUGE rock the size of a Cadillac into a lake, and not just a pebble every once-in-a while. Shit's gonna get shaken up while the ripples subside.


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Or move to Canada or Cyprus like everyone else in this fucking industry.

Is this a result of the insurance no longer covering this medication or is it that you have a co-pay and the medication has just gone up in price that much?

If it is the price of the medication it isn't Obamacare so much as it is pharmaceutical companies wanting to rape you and reap their 1000% profit margins.

As I said when it Obamacare first passed, the problem with it is that it does nothing to actually lower the cost of healthcare. It is just a health insurance bill.

That said, I am the opposite side of the coin. Having a pre-existing condition (asthma) I was never able to buy decent health insurance. Now I can and I can get my prescriptions filled at local pharmacies instead of having to order them online. I have much better coverage and convenience and am spending about the same as I was before when I was paying for most of my care out of pocket.

Exactly Dink. Thanks for sharing. Most people seem to only watch FOX news and fill there brains with cream-of-bullshit soup.

Btw, I forgot about you. Just settled in the new house in Vancouver. I had you down to write. Let's touch base and hook up.

I'll PM you now.

Look at the bright side. You live in Montana.

I'm paying more for much less coverage ... you do realize that congress and Obama exempted themselves from affordable care correct?

Yeah, I do realize they exempted themselves from it.

I'm not saying Obamacare is great. I am just saying it worked out for me (and others) and that until there is something done about the rising cost of healthcare itself (meaning the cost of going to the doctor, medicines etc) all the health insurance reform in the world won't matter.

I'm not sure who Dink is, but I responded to your PM.

eventually the administration will need to stop strip mining that work....

That's not what what we were promised