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In reply to the discussion: How would YOU restructure the federal tax code, if you could? [View all]okaawhatever
(9,461 posts)care Rx program is an example. what many don't know is that a large part of that is paid for out of the general fund (income taxes). That plan does not allow the gov't to negotiate the price of drugs the way they do with the VA or DOD. I mean c'mon the GOP added a friggin' rule that doesn't allow for free trade? I want to vomit. The GOP wants free enterprise, let's give it to them. Take part of Medicare budget and open a couple of new gov't med schools. Add a few nursing programs where free tuition and support are given in turn for working for said program for about 10 years. Same premise as Military academies. Army also has it's own med school. Let's put a little more competition in the system and see if we can't get more bang for our buck. CVS pharmacy was given 500 work visas for pharmacists last year and about 250 the year before that. Do you think their prices are going down? Heck no. They'll use tYouhe lower wage foreign workers to increase their bottom line. And while we're at it.....have you gotten meds at costco? It's about 1/2 to 1/3 rd the cost of Walgreen's etc. By law, you don't need a membership to get Rx at those places. Why isn't there a stampede? Cuz the ins. companies and drug companies have rigged it so there is no benefit to you. They have rigged it so that if you go save your insurance company $200 on meds, the difference to you is zero, zilch, nada. That is one of the most disgusting abuses of lobbying and law i've ever seen.