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![]() Congress had yet to try Obamacare at that point, and was abl. They thought insurers were the bad guys and costs could be controlled by coming after them. And sold that to the public.
In the next year or two it will be abundantly clear to Congress and everyone else that despite limiting the profits of insurers, medical costs are continuing to outpace inflation, with drugs being the most conspicuous/easiest to demonize component. Bump this thread in 2 years and see if there isn't a new healthcare bill (whether it's framed as repealing or amending Obamacare will depend on the winner of the election) that finally goes after the drug companies.
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![]() Biotech falls on Clinton 'price gouging' comments
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![]() The whole industry is a racket that has been let off the leash for far too long. Last edited by Guest; 09-21-2015 at 05:09 PM.. |
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He's an exceptionally vile human being IMO.
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![]() I see this so often while measuring our company's Rx trend. Drugs randomly are tripling and quadrupling in price overnight. Myalept just had an annual treatment price increase from $500k to $1.3M when it was bought by a new company. Speciality cancer drugs cost 10% more every month. While I don't believe in government regulation of price, the PBMs should have some power to fight back. We are headed to a place where drug coverage will exceed medical coverage at this rate.
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![]() Tuberculosis drug price jumps 2,000%, shocks doctors
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![]() It's this hedge fund guy using the companies as his personal piggy bank. Surprising nobody thought of it before. Maybe they just had some shred of a sense of decency.
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![]() Or maybe they were wary of parking to much $$$ in something that is a political powder keg. There are mountains of populism that are quite climbable that can upset any business plan.
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![]() What do you know - the price for Daraprim is now being rolled back amid the scandal. Just goes to show how completely arbitrary the prices are. Amazing.
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