Prescription Drugs
Why is it that there is such a difference in the price that we pay for prescription drugs from one national pharmacy chain to another? Does anybody have the answer?
With some insurance plans, you can get prescriptions with a generic name for twenty dollars a month, even if the actual price of the medication is one hundred dollars. Some stores will have their own pharmacy plan, offering the same drugs for an annual subscription of ten dollars, and the monthly prescription for ten dollars a month. How do they do it?
Who is paying the rest of the charge for the prescription, or are the prices for private insurance just inflated? Does anybody know the answer, please, let us know?
Prescription drugs
Yesterday, the senate passed legislation that prohibits the importing of prescription drugs from other countries. It seams the drug companies made a deal to contribute 80 billion dollars over the next 10 years to the new health care bill, and for their support, they are being rewarded. When we are sick, and we need our prescriptions filled, it’s hard to argue the cost of the medicine when we need it most. Let’s face it, the pharmaceutical companies have us over a prescription bottle, and the contributions they and their lobbyists make to political campaigns don’t hurt them either. As consumers, we won’t feel the 80 billion that the companies pledged to health care, but our wallets sure will feel the cost of medications going up, and not down. If I am not mistaken, I remember the president telling us on the campaign trail, over and over that we should be importing prescription drugs from other countries if the pharmaceutical companies won’t lower their prices. I think the administration and the senate just gave us a dose of politicks as usual, and a holiday gift package of empty promises.
