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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
@GailL1Don't know what else to say to you -Maybe this will help -https://porter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=342andhttps://www.kff.org/policy-watch/drug-price-negotiation-doesnt-mean-the-government-will-restrict-access-to-medicines/
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
You keep throwing out generalities implying restrictions that are caused by negotiation. Again, one need only go directly to the formulary and do a comparison to prove that what you are saying simply isn't true. I would encourage everyone with ques...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
Your inference is incorrect and misleading. Yes, Medicare is legislated, but so is the VA, private insurance plans and those covered by the ACA. I'm quite familiar with the formularies of both private plans and the sponsored Medicare plans. The le...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
Your reply implies a false dichotomy. First of all, if a generic drug is available, the name brand is excluded from the formulary. This is not unique to Medicare, it is what all major insurance plans do. PBMs choose what drugs are in their formula...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
This is beyond infuriating. Seriously, we are still talking about this like it is a topic that needs discussion? The fact that Medicare cannot negotiate drug prices is criminal. The examples of the American people being fleeced by the Pharmaceutic...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
@GailL1Don't know what else to say to you -Maybe this will help -https://porter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=342andhttps://www.kff.org/policy-watch/drug-price-negotiation-doesnt-mean-the-government-will-restrict-access-to-medicines/
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
You keep throwing out generalities implying restrictions that are caused by negotiation. Again, one need only go directly to the formulary and do a comparison to prove that what you are saying simply isn't true. I would encourage everyone with ques...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
Your inference is incorrect and misleading. Yes, Medicare is legislated, but so is the VA, private insurance plans and those covered by the ACA. I'm quite familiar with the formularies of both private plans and the sponsored Medicare plans. The le...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
Your reply implies a false dichotomy. First of all, if a generic drug is available, the name brand is excluded from the formulary. This is not unique to Medicare, it is what all major insurance plans do. PBMs choose what drugs are in their formula...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
This is beyond infuriating. Seriously, we are still talking about this like it is a topic that needs discussion? The fact that Medicare cannot negotiate drug prices is criminal. The examples of the American people being fleeced by the Pharmaceutic...
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
@GailL1Don't know what else to say to you -Maybe this will help -https://porter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=342andhttps://www.kff.org/policy-watch/drug-price-negotiation-doesnt-mean-the-government-will-restrict-access-to-medicines/
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
You keep throwing out generalities implying restrictions that are caused by negotiation. Again, one need only go directly to the formulary and do a comparison to prove that what you are saying simply isn't true. I would encourage everyone with ques...
1
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11025
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
Your inference is incorrect and misleading. Yes, Medicare is legislated, but so is the VA, private insurance plans and those covered by the ACA. I'm quite familiar with the formularies of both private plans and the sponsored Medicare plans. The le...
1
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0
Kudos
11056
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
Your reply implies a false dichotomy. First of all, if a generic drug is available, the name brand is excluded from the formulary. This is not unique to Medicare, it is what all major insurance plans do. PBMs choose what drugs are in their formula...
1
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0
Kudos
11114
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Re: Your Thoughts on Medicare Negotiating the Price of Drugs as a Health care cost containment metho
This is beyond infuriating. Seriously, we are still talking about this like it is a topic that needs discussion? The fact that Medicare cannot negotiate drug prices is criminal. The examples of the American people being fleeced by the Pharmaceutic...
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