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RE: Dirty Money: Price Gouging The Cost of Medications
Epinephrine, is there any other reason then price-fixing, that it is pricey? These stories makes me so disappointed...
Epinephrine, is there any other reason then price-fixing, that it is pricey? These stories makes me so disappointed...
To be honest, no. The pharmaceutical companies claim some expenses are for research and development and they offer patient assistance programs. However, this is BS as their research and development spending continues to decline each year and the patient assistance programs are complicated by prior authorizations making access to these drugs extremely difficult if insurance companies don't pay flat out for these ridiculous prices.
Maybe we can disrupt that corruption with the blockchain somehow?
Or some other tech... I am not against capitalism, but when it comes to just jacking up prices on meds that people and sick children really need, just because they can, I get pissed.
I agree @friendly-fenix and that could very much be, I know medibloc, medishares and medicalchain are in that space now just to name a few off hand. So hopefully some changes will be made sooner rather than later but it all starts with awareness
Yeah, it is sad, that these things are accepted and allowed. Lets hope these projects "medibloc, medishares and medicalchain" can help improve the situation for humanity.