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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: CAL]
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01/10/20 07:00 PM
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I'll ask my daughter about it. She has really been catching it since the 1st and folks deductables are back.
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: CAL]
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01/10/20 07:09 PM
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The other day I saw where the CEO of one of the drug companies got $26.7M last year. I'm all for capitalism and making what you're worth but no individual is worth $26.7M per year. NOBODY!
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: Wiley Coyote]
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01/10/20 07:34 PM
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The other day I saw where the CEO of one of the drug companies got $26.7M last year. I'm all for capitalism and making what you're worth but no individual is worth $26.7M per year. NOBODY! Unless you are a lefty with a 98mph fastball
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: Wiley Coyote]
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01/10/20 07:46 PM
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The other day I saw where the CEO of one of the drug companies got $26.7M last year. I'm all for capitalism and making what you're worth but no individual is worth $26.7M per year. NOBODY! Gates and Bezos make that much taking a dump.
Never Trust Government
"You can be broke but you cant be poor." Ruthie-May Webster
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: CAL]
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01/10/20 08:02 PM
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Our youngest absolutely believes that no individual should be a billionaire. We have both explained why capitalism is a good thing and he understands and doesn’t completely disagree with it. But, like Wiley said, there are some folks who make an obscene amount of money and everyone else under them are seriously underpaid by comparison.
I had read an article in our local paper about this pharmacy deal and how some local pharmacies were probably looking at laying some people off because of this deal.
Lots of people have had negative feelings about big pharma for several years. It isn’t hard to believe that there are some cures for things that simply are not allowed to be manufactured because there would be some decline in the bottom line.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.---Winnie the Pooh
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
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01/10/20 08:04 PM
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So how does a PBM have the ability to charge you for something after the fact? If you buy aspirin from someone for $10, and they come back later and say you owe them $5, can you not tell them to pound sand? No other reason than just because they can. Unlimited power and control.
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
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01/10/20 08:45 PM
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So how does a PBM have the ability to charge you for something after the fact? If you buy aspirin from someone for $10, and they come back later and say you owe them $5, can you not tell them to pound sand? No other reason than just because they can. Unlimited power and control. But what would happen if you told them to kiss your ass?
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
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01/10/20 08:51 PM
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So how does a PBM have the ability to charge you for something after the fact? If you buy aspirin from someone for $10, and they come back later and say you owe them $5, can you not tell them to pound sand? No other reason than just because they can. Unlimited power and control. But what would happen if you told them to kiss your ass? You get kicked out of their network and are no longer able to accept that insurance. Not only that but it also could blacklist us from being able to accept the few plans that are still profitable.
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
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01/10/20 10:54 PM
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Our youngest absolutely believes that no individual should be a billionaire. We have both explained why capitalism is a good thing and he understands and doesn’t completely disagree with it. But, like Wiley said, there are some folks who make an obscene amount of money and everyone else under them are seriously underpaid by comparison.
I had read an article in our local paper about this pharmacy deal and how some local pharmacies were probably looking at laying some people off because of this deal.
Lots of people have had negative feelings about big pharma for several years. It isn’t hard to believe that there are some cures for things that simply are not allowed to be manufactured because there would be some decline in the bottom line. You had dang well better believe there are cures out there for things that big pharma doesn't want you to know about. They not only don't want you to know, but are actively involved in ensuring you never find out or use scare tactics to keep folks away from anything that hurts their bottom line.
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: CAL]
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01/11/20 04:15 AM
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So how does a PBM have the ability to charge you for something after the fact? If you buy aspirin from someone for $10, and they come back later and say you owe them $5, can you not tell them to pound sand? No other reason than just because they can. Unlimited power and control. But what would happen if you told them to kiss your ass? You get kicked out of their network and are no longer able to accept that insurance. Not only that but it also could blacklist us from being able to accept the few plans that are still profitable. Is there a pharmacists lobby or national union that could put some significant pressure on these companies to change that? If there is not, then perhaps one should be formed. It this day and time, is it remotely possible for a drug store to keep the doors open if they do not accept drug plans from the insurance companies? I ask because I have been told more than once that a particular prescription I had would actually be cheaper to pay all of out of pocket if I got the generic than the copay was for the name brand.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.---Winnie the Pooh
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
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01/11/20 08:08 AM
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CAL...I have seen first hand using GoodRX I bought pills for 1.38 a pill at Walmart. At Walgreens they are 87 a pill. How does that happen?
"In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord's sake, send them to somebody else." General Edward H. Plummer
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: CAL]
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01/11/20 10:50 AM
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Large publicly traded companies pay off politicians. This coupled with the govenrment take over of medical insurance short makes it impossible to change anything. Short of a revolt we are screwed.
"And the days that I keep my gratitude Higher than my expectations Well, I have really good days" Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
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01/11/20 11:38 AM
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t isn’t hard to believe that there are some cures for things that simply are not allowed to be manufactured because there would be some decline in the bottom line. There's more $$ to be made off treatment than offering a cure. I can't confirm that, but I do believe it. Some believe that it secretly helps with population control as well. I honestly can't say there isn't some truth behind that assumption.
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Re: DIR fees to pharmacies
[Re: slgunnel]
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01/11/20 11:45 AM
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t isn’t hard to believe that there are some cures for things that simply are not allowed to be manufactured because there would be some decline in the bottom line. There's more $$ to be made off treatment than offering a cure. I can't confirm that, but I do believe it. Some believe that it secretly helps with population control as well. I honestly can't say there isn't some truth behind that assumption. Thats the way it works for Malaria. Yellow fever still kills bunches of people in Africa but their aint no money to be made fixing it though it is easily treatable and fixable.
Never Trust Government
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