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In reply to the discussion: America's Stunningly Overpriced Healthcare System In 2 Charts [View all]mountain grammy
(26,608 posts)83. I quit the Med Tech profession 20 years ago. Sad to see it hasn't changed.
Probably gotten worse, with more tests to over order!
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We pay double because drug companies lobbied congress for a rule that says
Mr. Blue Sky
Dec 2012
#63
Congress instructed the CMS to never reimburse drug costs more than the average price
Mr. Blue Sky
Dec 2012
#62
It doesn't hurt that most other countries do not have a for-profit middle man
dflprincess
Dec 2012
#69
Congress instructed the CMS to never reimburse drug costs more than the average price
Mr. Blue Sky
Dec 2012
#65
Our high drug prices are because drug companies lobbied congress for a rule that says
Mr. Blue Sky
Dec 2012
#64
I know you don't provide healthcare, and I know you are on the receiving end.
magical thyme
Dec 2012
#97
I quit the Med Tech profession 20 years ago. Sad to see it hasn't changed.
mountain grammy
Dec 2012
#83
The no-negotiation clause in Bush's Medicare Part D explains a lot of that second chart.
SunSeeker
Dec 2012
#15
Didn't Obama also put in Obama care a clause where the US govt may NOT negotiate lower drug prices?
robinlynne
Dec 2012
#54
The deal was never on the books per se. It was more of a backroom deal, but well documented.
Selatius
Dec 2012
#70
Obama tried to insert a negotiation provision, but the Republicans blocked it.
SunSeeker
Dec 2012
#73
Drug industry sales are around $300 B/year or about 2% of GDP, so they are not the only problem
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#18
"we pay for pharma and corpmed lobbyists" and their pet Risk Managers employed by "health"
patrice
Dec 2012
#37
*IF* that is true, it can only be done by identifying what is authentically excess relative to
patrice
Dec 2012
#36
There is an entire professional field, in long-term care, devoted to how to fuck with CMS ...
patrice
Dec 2012
#40
Yes. We subsidize Europe's healthcare. Half the big drug companies are European
McCamy Taylor
Dec 2012
#81
European drug companiesmarkup prices in the US so they can cut prices at home.
McCamy Taylor
Dec 2012
#80