Comment by mattgreenrocks
3 days ago
Or the fact that you can mail order some name brand prescription drugs from Canada for a fraction of what you'd pay here.
Grift all the way down.
3 days ago
Or the fact that you can mail order some name brand prescription drugs from Canada for a fraction of what you'd pay here.
Grift all the way down.
Well, at least that one I understand. That is, other countries have much stricter pricing controls on medications, while the US does not. So pharmaceutical companies argue that it's essentially the US that makes drug discovery worth it - they basically say that if the US had strict price controls too, then it means that drugs research wouldn't be viable to invest in in the first place. Not at all arguing that's true (I don't know), and even if it is true it just means the American customer for those medications is carrying the load for everyone else, which besides just being unfair doesn't seem sustainable in the long term.
But again, at least that one I theoretically understand. PBMs make no sense to me whatsoever.