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In Reply to: RE: Secret Healthcare Prices posted by b.l.zeebub on August 25, 2021 at 10:41:46:
Our meds market is rigged too.
One of the largest, if not the largest, consumers in the US, Medicare, is legally prohibited from negotiating prices with drug manufacturers. Medicare is technically not a consumer of drugs, but rather the entity that's financially responsible for paying the drug bill, and they're not allowed to dicker over prices.
That sort of an arrangement can only be bought through lobbying, and campaign contributions.
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- RE: Secret Healthcare Prices - Sondek 08/25/2110:54:50 08/25/21 (5)
- RE: Secret Healthcare Prices - b.l.zeebub 13:18:02 08/25/21 (0)
- Things may be changing soon, re: Medicare negotiation. - tinear 11:07:20 08/25/21 (2)
- Remember Billy Tauzin? - Dave_K 17:49:29 08/25/21 (0)
- RE: Things may be changing soon, re: Medicare negotiation. - Sondek 11:09:32 08/25/21 (0)
- +1 on all accounts -nt - jedrider 11:05:10 08/25/21 (0)