This is not going to end well
Or it will, and it will make pharmaceutical companies offer cheaper prices.
I’m struggling to get the joke that I know is staring me in the face. Would you please help me out?
They’ll just change the formula and tell your doctor to prescribe the new one
Or, you know, you could just have socialised medicine which encompasses the full health care cycle including diagnosis, monitoring, non drug treatments, tailored medical advice and preventative medicine.
But yeah I guess if that’s off the table cheap drugs is cool too.
Cheap drugs with no quality control is not a good thing. That’s exactly why so-called “health supplements” have harmed so many people.
Stupid.
People diagnose incorrectly a lot, will probably take incorrect amounts, and if sick will take the medicine incorrectly leading to bacteria and viruses with immunity to more drugs.
Just…let the doctors and pharmacists do the work, please? At least they have some training and understand interactions/classes of medicine.
Eeh.
While I agree with the sentiment, I think we’re in this situation because of the current medical climate.
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You call an ambulance? You get charged an arm and a leg.
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You take yourself to the hospital, you get charged an arm and a leg.
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You get medical insurance, and you’re somehow even further behind because it’s their priority to find reasons to deny having to give you money back,
The current system does not work. As a consequence, people are attempting, however incompetently, to take their care into their own hands.
Fix why folks are resorting to this, and this should stop being an issue, or at least stop gaining traction.
Agreed. I know why we’re in the situation. I’m just saying that sometimes it’s still not a good idea to just give anyone autonomy for something as a fix, especially when they do not specialize in it.
Keep in mind that there are lots of people who know exactly what they need, but can’t afford it.
The guy giving the presentation used the example of a pill that cures Hep C. They charge you $84,000 for the pills that will cure Hep C, but since there are cheaper meds that manage Hep C, insurance will cover only those.
By the way, making those cure pills with this system costs about $70. For the entire course of the medication.
The problem you’re talking about (see a professional to get a proper diagnosis and treatment!) is perfectly valid and wise. But if I try a migraine medication, and it works, but after the trial I have to pay hundreds of dollars a pill?
Yo ho!
I know so many trans people who can’t access legal health care due to years long waiting lists or very expensive inaffective private health care. In the UK it’s between waiting ~4 years for health care or becoming a criminal.
