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yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. 5 dollars is too low and 150 is too high

Reply to femmocrat (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2015, 01:57 PM

May 2015

What needs to be done is find a price that will work for consumer, insurance company and pharmaceutical companies. Or allow some to buy pills directly from the pharmaceutical company. What about 30 dollars for every perscription. If that were to happen problems would disappear.

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When insurance won't pay for generics--- [View all] femmocrat May 2015 OP

5 dollars is too low and 150 is too high yeoman6987 May 2015 #1

That is too logical. :) femmocrat May 2015 #2

On what evidence do you base that assessment? $5 is too much for WHAT? Vincardog May 2015 #3

Making a lot of drugs OTC is also shifting costs away from insurers and onto customers. Warpy May 2015 #4