One thing I’ve never understood is why drug companies offer reduced pricing to the young and insured but not to Medicare recipients. From a business standpoint I can believe it’s to cause brand loyalty, but those scripts come from physicians which is what makes the pharmaceutical reps so valuable with their bonus perks. So it has to be a little more sinister than that - the deep pockets of the government and a customer who has already become dependent. Prescription meds should cost the same for every person, discounts available to all, not just some. Better yet, no discounts just lower pricing for everyone.
I heard billionaire Mark Cuban talking, over a year ago, about creating a discounted drug platform that would bring the price of drugs down dramatically. Is Trump doing something similar? Cuban had found a way to pay pennies for prescription drugs and only adding a very small additional amount, basically the essential costs to provide this service (without profit).
So this will be lower than what one can get through insurance? I expect it will beat Goodrx. They provide generic drugs that cost less than my insurance copay. One can hope.
One thing I’ve never understood is why drug companies offer reduced pricing to the young and insured but not to Medicare recipients. From a business standpoint I can believe it’s to cause brand loyalty, but those scripts come from physicians which is what makes the pharmaceutical reps so valuable with their bonus perks. So it has to be a little more sinister than that - the deep pockets of the government and a customer who has already become dependent. Prescription meds should cost the same for every person, discounts available to all, not just some. Better yet, no discounts just lower pricing for everyone.
Federal law prohibits discounting drugs to Medicare recipients.
Guess who bought those politicians ?
I wonder if estrogen or hormone replacement will be medically needed medication
I heard billionaire Mark Cuban talking, over a year ago, about creating a discounted drug platform that would bring the price of drugs down dramatically. Is Trump doing something similar? Cuban had found a way to pay pennies for prescription drugs and only adding a very small additional amount, basically the essential costs to provide this service (without profit).
https://trumprx.gov/
So this will be lower than what one can get through insurance? I expect it will beat Goodrx. They provide generic drugs that cost less than my insurance copay. One can hope.