snopro31 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Zambroski said: We get a surprisingly fair share down here for treatment. Not really sure why though. Specialty stuff or lack of wait times I guess. Wait times and many treatments arent approved in Canada that should be are the cause. We have specialties. Just in small amounts in 1 or 2 areas of the country. The wait is a big negative for the Canadian system atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 hours ago, snopro31 said: Wait times and many treatments arent approved in Canada that should be are the cause. We have specialties. Just in small amounts in 1 or 2 areas of the country. The wait is a big negative for the Canadian system atm. I think somewhere between our system and yours, there might just be a good compromise. We have special issues here in the US that will never allow us to have a fully socialized system. What I wonder is, of the ones seeking treatment here, how do they pay? I guess they take out a seperate insurance plan...or cash payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted June 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 17, 2019 It's been a long time but can you still get the 222's or AC&C's over the counter in Canada? Tylenol 1 here with a smidge of codeine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 11 hours 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 Going to Canada to buy drugs isn’t life saving medicine you fucking cunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 10 hours ago, hwytohell said: Pete is that a photo of Geoff Bodine's modified ? Yes it is! back in the day when he raced at Stafford weekly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Bottom line is its corporate greed price gouging because they can. Its not right. Fuck lilly and the handful of extortion artists 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 52 minutes ago, jtssrx said: Going to Canada to buy drugs isn’t life saving medicine you fucking cunt Ask a diabetic if they can live without their insulin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted June 17, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted June 17, 2019 What’s insulin cost on an Obama care plan. Every single person in the US has insurance.... err that is the law anyways that everybody has to pay an insurance company for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, Pete said: Bottom line is its corporate greed price gouging because they can. Its not right. Fuck lilly and the handful of extortion artists Yep, when we put money first before the healthcare of our citizens, we are fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, snoughnut said: Yep, when we put money first before the healthcare of our citizens, we are fucked. I honestly do not see this ever changing. It will only get worse IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 hour ago, jtssrx said: Going to Canada to buy drugs isn’t life saving medicine you fucking cunt insulin is life saving medicine. Id be dead by now if it wasn't for insulin. It use to be pork insulin but now its synthetic. Fuck lilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted June 17, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) Pete. How much does it cost out of pocket with Health your insurance plan? Edited June 17, 2019 by BOHICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, BOHICA said: Pete. How much does it cost out of pocket with Health your insurance plan? I have a $30 a month copay. I use 2 bottles of Humalog a month. 15 years ago I paid nothing for the exact same insulin. My insurance costs me $500 ( my contribution) per month for a family PPO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 My insulin pumps are made by OMNIPOD. another corporate greed company just because they can be. They are headquartered in Mass. shocker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted June 17, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted June 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, Pete said: I have a $30 a month copay. I use 2 bottles of Humalog a month. 15 years ago I paid nothing for the exact same insulin. My insurance costs me $500 ( my contribution) per month for a family PPO 30 a month isn’t all that bad. Not like MC story in the OP. It would prollycost ya more a month to go to Canada to get you insulin. Pretty good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 hour ago, jtssrx said: Going to Canada to buy drugs isn’t life saving medicine you fucking cunt You never cease to prove your ignorance daily here. This one is a gem. Jesus your a fuckin stupid bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, BOHICA said: 30 a month isn’t all that bad. Not like MC story in the OP. It would prollycost ya more a month to go to Canada to get you insulin. Pretty good deal. completely agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 38 minutes ago, snoughnut said: Yep, when we put money first before the healthcare of our citizens, we are fucked. There is a cost for everything, even to avoid death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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revkevsdi Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Ask a diabetic if they can live without their insulin. All they have to do is stand at the edge of the earth where the air is thinner. They don’t need insulin. Yeah I stole that joke. But it fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said: There is a cost for everything, even to avoid death. Absolutely but it must also be affordable. The incessant greed in the healthcare industry is getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, BOHICA said: 30 a month isn’t all that bad. Not like MC story in the OP. It would prollycost ya more a month to go to Canada to get you insulin. Pretty good deal. 39 minutes ago, Pete said: I have a $30 a month copay. I use 2 bottles of Humalog a month. 15 years ago I paid nothing for the exact same insulin. My insurance costs me $500 ( my contribution) per month for a family PPO You pay $6,000.00 per year plus $360.00. What is your employers contribution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: You pay $6,000.00 per year plus $360.00. What is your employers contribution? no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Pete said: no idea You pay probably 25% so your plan costs your employer 18,000.00 after you pay 6,000.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, Mainecat said: You pay probably 25% so your plan costs your employer 18,000.00 after you pay 6,000.00. Could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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