Monday, July 8, 2019

Prescription Drug Prices Are Enough to Make You Sick!



by Marc Manor

There are many divisive social and political hot button issues but one I think most people would agree on is the issue of the high cost of prescription drugs in America.  I believe Medicare is a great system but it falls woefully short when it comes to prescription drug coverage for higher cost drugs.  Private insurance companies follow a model provided by Medicare but that is simply not enough.  Sometimes I talk to people who take two or three high tier drugs and I can’t help but to feel somewhat angry about what they are having to deal with to maintain good health.  
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I know I’m not the first person to bring this up, but I am piling on because I think that we all need to keep the pressure up on the government and the pharmaceutical companies to protest just how insane these costs really are.  To illustrate just how ridiculous the price of prescription drugs can be, I created an example we will call “Joe”:

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