Astronomers are going to have a field day with all the stars we'll be seeing soon

As in...

"We have the greatest healthcare system in the world*"
* - Just don't talk about the maternal mortality rate
* - Just don't talk about the black maternal mortality rate in particular
* - Just don't talk about the medical bills associated with childbirth
* - Just don't talk about the early childhood death rate

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Astronomers are going to have a field day with all the stars we'll be seeing soon (Original post)	ck4829	May 23	OP
Don't forget prescription drug prices.	Emile	May 23	#1
My thyroid is gone.	Igel	May 23	#5
Hey, according to LA Senator Bill Cassidy	Diamond_Dog	May 23	#2
In all fairness, the asshole was only talking about AA women	Brother Buzz	May 23	#4
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	May 23	#3
I never would have lived this long, 78 years, if it wasn't for the VA healthcare system.	asa4ever	May 23	#6
And here I was thinking this post was about the new space telescope	0rganism	May 23	#7

Response to ck4829 (Original post)

Mon May 23, 2022, 02:23 PM

Emile (6,682 posts)

1. Don't forget prescription drug prices.

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Response to Emile (Reply #1)

Mon May 23, 2022, 07:23 PM

Igel (32,855 posts)

5. My thyroid is gone.

I require l-thyroxine to function normally.

My monthly bill is $21.

One month I went for a refill and it was $478. No change in insurance. What accounted for the 21x higher price?

My usual lump of pill in the morning is a single dose. The body keeps a stockpile of the hormone, and produces what it needs from that stockpile. If I miss a dose, meh. Excess is dumped out the kidneys, and it's likely my dose is more than adequate.

But the expensive refill was time-release, yada-yada. All updated. High tech when high tech is marginally useful rarely.

At the same time, the pharmacist was surprised when I said, "No. Double check." They called, and the MD's assistant screwed up. Forgot to check "generic okay". $21.

The surprise was that the spendy stuff was in stock, because many assume that the latest and greatest is required, when, really, it isn't.

Remember the Epipen (tm) scandal? There were other makers of exactly the same dose of the same pharmacologically active substance, but using a different delivery method. Epipen was favored, and raised its price. The other manufacturers did not. If you wanted an Epipen (tm), you paid through the nose. If you wanted an epipen (analog), it was still dirt cheap. The thing is, the Epipen (tm) was really, really, ***really*** easy to use, while the others took more than 3 seconds' training. Perhaps as much as 30 seconds'.

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Mon May 23, 2022, 02:29 PM

Diamond_Dog (24,286 posts)