Mainecat Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Corporate greed controls the Republicans in Congress..... As price of insulin soars, Americans caravan to Canada for lifesaving medicine The Americas As price of insulin soars, Americans caravan to Canada for lifesaving medicine By Emily Rauhala June 16 at 2:52 PM As their minivan rolled north, they felt their nerves kick in — but they kept on driving. ... At the wheel: Lija Greenseid, a rule-abiding Minnesota mom steering her Mazda5 on a cross-border drug run. Her daughter, who is 13, has Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin. In the United States, it can cost hundreds of dollars per vial. In Canada, you can buy it without a prescription for a tenth of that price. So, Greenseid led a small caravan last month to the town of Fort Frances, Ontario, where she and five other Americans paid about $1,200 for drugs that would have cost them $12,000 in the United States. “It felt like we were robbing the pharmacy,” said Quinn Nystrom, a Type 1 diabetic who joined the caravan that day. “It had been years since I had 10 vials in my hands.” .... Emily Rauhala writes about foreign affairs, with a focus on Canada, for The Washington Post. She spent a decade as an editor and correspondent in Asia, first for Time magazine and later, from 2015 to 2018, as China correspondent in Beijing for The Post. In 2017, she shared an Overseas Press Club award for a series about the Internet in China. Follow https://twitter.com/emilyrauhala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 We should build a wall and make Mercan Seniors pay for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I’m very lucky to have the insurance I do. I use 2 bottles per month and it costs me $30. It’s well over $100 because as Lilly says “ cause we can” referring to charging what ever the hell they wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 14 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Corporate greed controls the Republicans in Congress..... As price of insulin soars, Americans caravan to Canada for lifesaving medicine The Americas As price of insulin soars, Americans caravan to Canada for lifesaving medicine By Emily Rauhala June 16 at 2:52 PM As their minivan rolled north, they felt their nerves kick in — but they kept on driving. ... At the wheel: Lija Greenseid, a rule-abiding Minnesota mom steering her Mazda5 on a cross-border drug run. Her daughter, who is 13, has Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin. In the United States, it can cost hundreds of dollars per vial. In Canada, you can buy it without a prescription for a tenth of that price. So, Greenseid led a small caravan last month to the town of Fort Frances, Ontario, where she and five other Americans paid about $1,200 for drugs that would have cost them $12,000 in the United States. “It felt like we were robbing the pharmacy,” said Quinn Nystrom, a Type 1 diabetic who joined the caravan that day. “It had been years since I had 10 vials in my hands.” .... Emily Rauhala writes about foreign affairs, with a focus on Canada, for The Washington Post. She spent a decade as an editor and correspondent in Asia, first for Time magazine and later, from 2015 to 2018, as China correspondent in Beijing for The Post. In 2017, she shared an Overseas Press Club award for a series about the Internet in China. Follow https://twitter.com/emilyrauhala I guess Obamacare isn’t working that well, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted June 16, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted June 16, 2019 What was the price pre Obama care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, BOHICA said: What was the price pre Obama care? Those god damn republicans!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 The 2 idiots above have no clue as usual who has voted down reducing prescription costs. Fuckin dumbasses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 17, 2019 41 minutes ago, Zambroski said: I guess Obamacare isn’t working that well, eh? 25 minutes ago, BOHICA said: What was the price pre Obama care? Really has nothing to do with The ACA. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-is-the-cost-of-insulin-rising-and-what-can-people-do-about-it#High-deductibles-and-high-prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 In MI people have been crossing over from , Port Huron to Canada , (d)etoilet to Canada , Soo MI To Soo Canada for decades for RX's, Hell that corrupt to it's core insurance co + d.c. dem PAC group aarp sponsors bus trips to get them. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor , if you like your health care you can keep your health care, we the corrupt dem party must pass the health care bill , so we can read the health care bill , demobama care will reduce the cost of healthcare for hard working families, We will tax Cadillac health care insurance to help bring down the cost to average working families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Really has nothing to do with The ACA. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-is-the-cost-of-insulin-rising-and-what-can-people-do-about-it#High-deductibles-and-high-prices The high deductible plans some are forced to get with a limited pool do though. But really, this is insulin. It’s not some miracle cancer cure. It sure be accessible and affordable. Fucking big pharma taking full advantage of everything as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Zambroski said: The high deductible plans some are forced to get with a limited pool do though. But really, this is insulin. It’s not some miracle cancer cure. It sure be accessible and affordable. Fucking big pharma taking full advantage of everything as usual. Just watch in the run up to the POTUS election which party will cash in . The dems are flocking to their Wall Street dembankster slave owners as we type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Zambroski said: The high deductible plans some are forced to get with a limited pool do though. But really, this is insulin. It’s not some miracle cancer cure. It sure be accessible and affordable. Fucking big pharma taking full advantage of everything as usual. Taking full advantage and then some it’s one thing to make a good profit but it’s another to charge extortion prices just because they can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Pete said: Taking full advantage and then some it’s one thing to make a good profit but it’s another to charge extortion prices just because they can Price should be lower under the rules of supply and demand cuz diabetes is an epidemic now new insulin prescriptions every day they must be making tons of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, Pete said: Taking full advantage and then some it’s one thing to make a good profit but it’s another to charge extortion prices just because they can Our system is ridiculous. But, I don’t pretend to have an answer that is perfectly feasible and certainly won’t pretend that letting the government take it over is at all a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladefever Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I thought Donald Trump said the Canadians were flocking down to the States awhile ago. Because our health care system doesn't work...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, bladefever said: I thought Donald Trump said the Canadians were flocking down to the States awhile ago. Because our health care system doesn't work...... That’s the exact insulin I use 24/7 365 40 years now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Pete is that a photo of Geoff Bodine's modified ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snopro31 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 yet canadians are having trouble affording their insulin and supplies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 28 minutes ago, snopro31 said: yet canadians are having trouble affording their insulin and supplies Don’t you work in the medical field up there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snopro31 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Zambroski said: Don’t you work in the medical field up there? yea just got home from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 minute ago, snopro31 said: yea just got home from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snopro31 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, Zambroski said: Many in Canada can afford their meds. Even though it’s a public system, unless you have insurance or are covered under social assistance or disability your paying 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Just now, snopro31 said: Many in Canada can afford their meds. Even though it’s a public system, unless you have insurance or are covered under social assistance or disability your paying 100% We get a surprisingly fair share down here for treatment. Not really sure why though. Specialty stuff or lack of wait times I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Obamacare. the pricing has nothing to do with that. The term patent evergreening comes to mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Zambroski said: I guess Obamacare isn’t working that well, eh? 3 hours ago, BOHICA said: What was the price pre Obama care? 3 hours ago, Zambroski said: Those god damn republicans!!! 3 hours ago, Mainecat said: The 2 idiots above have no clue as usual who has voted down reducing prescription costs. Fuckin dumbasses 3 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Really has nothing to do with The ACA. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-is-the-cost-of-insulin-rising-and-what-can-people-do-about-it#High-deductibles-and-high-prices 3 hours ago, hwytohell said: In MI people have been crossing over from , Port Huron to Canada , (d)etoilet to Canada , Soo MI To Soo Canada for decades for RX's, Hell that corrupt to it's core insurance co + d.c. dem PAC group aarp sponsors bus trips to get them. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor , if you like your health care you can keep your health care, we the corrupt dem party must pass the health care bill , so we can read the health care bill , demobama care will reduce the cost of healthcare for hard working families, We will tax Cadillac health care insurance to help bring down the cost to average working families. 2 hours ago, bladefever said: I thought Donald Trump said the Canadians were flocking down to the States awhile ago. Because our health care system doesn't work...... This must all be fake news. Donald Trump promised that everyone would be covered at a fraction of the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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