MorningGlory Posted June 27, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, shiloh357 said: I think so, too. What I also think needs to happen is we need to bring down medical costs. People get charged more because they have insurance and that is price gouging and it needs to stop. Got to get Congress to quit hand holding with the lobbyists first. But yeah, that's why our medical costs are so high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted June 27, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,134 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,859 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted June 27, 2017 3 hours ago, Running Gator said: It seems if we are going to state that a person does not have to buy insurance we should also state that if they do not have either insurance or the cash on hand then they do not get service. I'm not sure the general public is ready to tell people to go home and die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted June 27, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted June 27, 2017 19 minutes ago, other one said: I'm not sure the general public is ready to tell people to go home and die. I believe you are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 6 hours ago, ayin jade said: It reallly isnt. The insurance companies contract for much less than you think. Pharmacies barely make one dollar over the cost of the medication. Pharmacies lose money daily after you factor in costs of paying employees and costs related to the building. The only way they make money is on the other stuff you buy. Many doctors have to limit the time they spend seeing patients to 15 minutes per patient because they cant meet their overhead costs otherwise. Many refuse to see any medicare patients because they pay too little. Malpractice lawsuits and malpractice insurance is a large part of why costs are so high. That, and in order to make sure they dont get sued, many docs now have to order unnecessary tests. I am talking about what hospitals charge for things like an outpatient procedure, the use of a single room for an hour and stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegaman 3.0 Posted June 28, 2017 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 57 Topic Count: 1,546 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 10,320 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 12,323 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/15/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/05/1951 Share Posted June 28, 2017 12 hours ago, ayin jade said: Pharmacies barely make one dollar over the cost of the medication. Pharmacies lose money daily after you factor in costs of paying employees and costs related to the building. Why, do you suppose, that if I shop around, that I can find prescription drugs at retail pharmacies, where the prices vary almost 8 fold? Not a criticism of the industry, but when one pharmacy chargers $14.35 and another $1.85 for a generic drug I take, it makes me scratch my head with curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted June 28, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted June 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, Omegaman 3.0 said: Why, do you suppose, that if I shop around, that I can find prescription drugs at retail pharmacies, where the prices vary almost 8 fold? Not a criticism of the industry, but when one pharmacy chargers $14.35 and another $1.85 for a generic drug I take, it makes me scratch my head with curiosity. It has to do with what their pharmacies have to pay for the drug, what contracts they have with the manufacturer, the distributor and the insurance you have. Not every pharmacy has the same buying power. In the days of electronics, the insurance company dictates how much you have to pay with through insurance. For cash, the pharmacy contracts, distributor etc dictate costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegaman 3.0 Posted June 28, 2017 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 57 Topic Count: 1,546 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 10,320 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 12,323 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/15/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/05/1951 Share Posted June 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, ayin jade said: It has to do with what their pharmacies have to pay for the drug, what contracts they have with the manufacturer, the distributor and the insurance you have. Not every pharmacy has the same buying power. That makes sense, the low price on this one, was at Costco, I am sure they have decent buying power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplejeff Posted June 28, 2017 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 12 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7,689 Content Per Day: 2.38 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 20 Joined: 06/30/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted June 28, 2017 48 minutes ago, Omegaman 3.0 said: Why, do you suppose, that if I shop around, that I can find prescription drugs at retail pharmacies, where the prices vary almost 8 fold? Not a criticism of the industry, but when one pharmacy chargers $14.35 and another $1.85 for a generic drug I take, it makes me scratch my head with curiosity. Several times on broadcast (antenna) television, in the last year plus, they reported on and question companies selling drugs for $1.00 per pill, that other companies charged as much as $20.00 per pill give or take some.... and some others that increased the prices thousands of percent just for the money. The company(-ies) selling the same exact drug for $1.0 per pill said plainly that they make a fine profit at that price, as was known decades ago also. People who dwell in the marketplace/ profit from the drugs use/ marketing/ etc often will not acknowledge this, (sometimes in order to keep their job), and most people never find out the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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