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Frustratedlady

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1. I know of an MS patient who takes one pill for $7000/month.

Reply to PumpkinAle (Original post)

Sat Sep 26, 2015, 01:02 AM

Sep 2015

I don't know if it's the one you have listed, but that is obscene. Her insurance company will not cover it after the 1st of 2016, so she has to find another insurer who will.

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The Inhumanity of US drug prices compared to other countries [View all] PumpkinAle Sep 2015 OP

I know of an MS patient who takes one pill for $7000/month. Frustratedlady Sep 2015 #1

your president and congress spend more than half the nation's wealth on wars and cops. sorry nt msongs Sep 2015 #2

I will be buying a generic version of Gilead's Hep C drug Harvoni from India. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #3

Nexium is now OTC Warpy Sep 2015 #4

It's different everywhere DFW Sep 2015 #5

canadadrugs dot com Scuba Sep 2015 #6

At the end of the day, we allow them to do this... all in the name of 'free market' JCMach1 Sep 2015 #7

It is simply corruption Facility Inspector Sep 2015 #8

Time to expropriate and nationalize Big Pharma. n/t Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #9