Mainecat Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Watch Ocasio-Cortez Ask Pharma CEO Why HIV Drug Costs $8 Overseas But $1,780 in the US 'Spoiler: Because Australia Has Universal Healthcare': Watch Ocasio-Cortez Ask Pharma CEO Why HIV Drug Costs $8 Overseas But $1,780 in the US "We the public, we the people, developed this drug, we paid for this drug. There's no reason this should be $2,000 a month. People are dying because of it." During a House hearing on Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked the CEO of one of America's largest pharmaceutical companies a simple but crucial question: Why does a life-saving HIV drug that costs $8 a month in Australia have a $2,000 price tag in the U.S.? Gilead chief executive Daniel O'Day declined to comment on the low price of Truvada for PrEP in Australia, but said the reason the cost is close to $2,000—"the current list price is $1,780," he said—in the United States is because the drug has "patent protection." As the Washington Post reported in March, the development of Truvada as a treatment for HIV was "almost fully funded by U.S. taxpayers." The U.S. government patented the treatment in 2015, according to the Post, but has "opted not to file an infringement suit to enforce" the patent even as Gilead—which argues the government patent is invalid—rakes in billions of dollars in profits from Truvada. continues .. . . . https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/16/spoiler-because-australia-has-universal-healthcare-watch-ocasio-cortez-ask-pharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted May 17, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted May 17, 2019 What’s the drug cost out of pocket if you are on Obama care, which is required by law that you have insurance? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 It’s more than 8 bucks a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 18 minutes ago, Mainecat said: It’s more than 8 bucks a month. Yup, and actual taxpayers pay the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 38 minutes ago, Sleepr2 said: Yup, and actual taxpayers pay the bill. If you buy your own insurance the tax payers are footing the bill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted May 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 17, 2019 Can't patent drugs in foreign countries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted May 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 17, 2019 Because our HC is designed so that no ones cares what it cost. Most ridiculous system ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Anler said: If you buy your own insurance the tax payers are footing the bill? Obama care doesn’t subsidize low income people? Minsure does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 It's a good system. US. Seniors have to come to Canada to buy their drugs so they don't starve paying US prices. But we have public health care. You know the system some of your Senators are paid to lie about yet strangely enough when you look for a list of countries that had to abandon the Public system, you can't find one. It's also weird that US costs are higher per capita. Isn't the myth that the private system is more efficient? Oh well. Just our good friends from the South being a great example for Canada. Sometimes you can learn more from a bad example than a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 24 minutes ago, Sleepr2 said: Obama care doesn’t subsidize low income people? Minsure does. I think the subsidy goes towards medicaid? Obamacare policies have to be purchased by the individual. Its an insurance plan from a private insurance company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 We are all going to be dead in twelve years according to AOC anyways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: We are all going to be dead in twelve years according to AOC anyways. So why do pharm companies need all that profit then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 It’s all about the CEO’s pay and corporate profits for the share holders. They don’t give a fuck about the people taking their drug. Why do they even pretend? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, spin_dry said: It’s all about the CEO’s pay and corporate profits for the share holders. They don’t give a fuck about the people taking their drug. Why do they even pretend? Do we still wonder why health care is so expensive? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snopro31 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 2 hours ago, revkevsdi said: It's a good system. US. Seniors have to come to Canada to buy their drugs so they don't starve paying US prices. But we have public health care. You know the system some of your Senators are paid to lie about yet strangely enough when you look for a list of countries that had to abandon the Public system, you can't find one. It's also weird that US costs are higher per capita. Isn't the myth that the private system is more efficient? Oh well. Just our good friends from the South being a great example for Canada. Sometimes you can learn more from a bad example than a good one. canada's health care system is terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Carlos Danger said: We are all going to be dead in twelve years according to AOC anyways. You're so fucking stupid. 3 hours ago, snopro31 said: canada's health care system is terrible It's really great unless you're a dumbass. You have to be an advocate for proper care. My whole has been very lucky for the most part. When we needed the system it was amazing and we didn't have to sell everything for coverage or wait for an HMO to approve our treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 hours ago, snopro31 said: canada's health care system is terrible Aren’t you a part of it? A murse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 hours ago, snopro31 said: canada's health care system is terrible Arent you a murse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 23 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Aren’t you a part of it? A murse? Doesnt take much pride in his work sounds like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted May 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Anler said: Doesnt take much pride in his work sounds like That's why he thinks it's so terrible...apparently he is under the impression that his shitty attitude and incompetency is representative of the entire system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Well, our system is one of the best in the world, if you can pay for it. Otherwise, you get the “socialized” system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted May 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 17, 2019 7 hours ago, Anler said: I think the subsidy goes towards medicaid? Obamacare policies have to be purchased by the individual. Its an insurance plan from a private insurance company. No. its a tax credit. You pay the premium and then get back a certain amount in a tax refund check. Unless all the income you earned wasn't taxed. Just fucking around I punched in a 40 yr old and a 41 yr old couple earning $39,000 a yr. The tax credit was about $534 a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snopro31 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, revkevsdi said: You're so fucking stupid. It's really great unless you're a dumbass. You have to be an advocate for proper care. My whole has been very lucky for the most part. When we needed the system it was amazing and we didn't have to sell everything for coverage or wait for an HMO to approve our treatment. It’s a system that needs revamping immediately. Long wait lists for surgical procedures, hard to get family doctors, medical in rural is crumbling, abuse of the ER’s, massive and I mean massive country wide drug abuse. List goes on and on. 1 hour ago, spin_dry said: Aren’t you a part of it? A murse? 1 hour ago, Anler said: Arent you a murse? 1 hour ago, Anler said: Doesnt take much pride in his work sounds like I can be apart of it and take pride in my work and still say the system is old and outdated and needs updating considerably. I sit on provincial boards and committees that are working on updating some aspects. Heading to a national conference in 2 weeks for the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snopro31 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said: That's why he thinks it's so terrible...apparently he is under the impression that his shitty attitude and incompetency is representative of the entire system. So advocating for improvements and positive change is bad attitude.....and that’s why you’re mentally unstable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, snopro31 said: It’s a system that needs revamping immediately. Long wait lists for surgical procedures, hard to get family doctors, medical in rural is crumbling, abuse of the ER’s, massive and I mean massive country wide drug abuse. List goes on and on. I can be apart of it and take pride in my work and still say the system is old and outdated and needs updating considerably. I sit on provincial boards and committees that are working on updating some aspects. Heading to a national conference in 2 weeks for the same thing. Yeah well our system is awesome if you can afford it. Otherwise it's non-existent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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