Health insurance confusion
Jul 27th 2020, 11:04 am
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Re: Health insurance confusion
There's no need to spend a Trillion dollars a year on defense either, but alas, we do it anyway.
Jul 28th 2020, 10:44 pm
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Jul 29th 2020, 12:51 pm
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Re: Health insurance confusion
I also read this recently
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...cription-drugs
Utah cuts healthcare costs by flying employees to Mexico for prescriptions
Utah cuts healthcare costs by flying employees to Mexico for prescriptions
Utah’s plan lets people collect medications at a fraction of the US cost, while other states are looking to import drugs from CanadaThe year-old programme involves about 10 state employees. The cost savings are so large that the insurance program can pay for each patient’s flight, give them a $500-per-trip bonus and still save tens of thousands of dollars.
One participant, Ann Lovell, a 62-year-old teacher, said she had saved as much as $2,400 by travelling from Salt Lake City to San Diego and then crossing the border, in order to refill a prescription for arthritis medication.
One participant, Ann Lovell, a 62-year-old teacher, said she had saved as much as $2,400 by travelling from Salt Lake City to San Diego and then crossing the border, in order to refill a prescription for arthritis medication.
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Jul 29th 2020, 3:06 pm
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Re: Health insurance confusion
Don't worry, they do that as well. For example when Medicare was finally expanded to cover prescription drugs in 2006 it was done on the provision that Medicare could not use its purchasing power to bulk buy and negotiate lower prices. I expect it is the same with prescription drugs through the VA medical cover and also with Medicare and other government programs.
Jul 29th 2020, 5:39 pm
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Re: Health insurance confusion
I think Medicare is the only federal program that is not allowed to negotiate. That is the only way the Republicans would pass part D drug coverage back in 04/05. The drug industry got good value for their lobbying $$$. Trump's executive order is trying to change that but will almost certainly be tied up in the courts. Absent legislation, it's unlikely anything will change.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medi...D_coverage_gap
