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Post by Man in Black on Apr 8, 2006 22:37:36 GMT -5
 Pharmaceutical companies must be striving to burn  A good friend of mine that I work with told me a story the other day that really got to me. Her father has been struggling with lung cancer for years. He has been on an experimental drug that has been working. The cost was over 1600 dollars every 3 months - out of pocket. Now the maker of the drug has decided that it will not cooperate with the man's insurance company. The insurance company won't compromise at all. He is left with cancer, held at bay by this drug that he is not allowed to take anymore unless he pays for it all without the help of insurance. Basically he was good enough to be a guinea pig, but is not good enough to have their medicine after he helped prove that it works. What really gets me is that they told him that he could qualify for free medicine if he didn't have a house, a checking account or a vehicle. WTF! If he'd been a bum all his life instead of providing for his family and being responsible he'd be good enough for some charity? Icing on the cake: My friend told me she picked up some literature to help her father decide what to do next. In it they found a quote from one of the drug company's officials speaking on how they could charge so much for pills that cost them nothing to make... "People will pay anything to live just a Little bit longer." My friends this is how the rich get rich and then richer. But you can't take it with you - what goes around comes around and when it does... this company can reap it! 
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Post by Xenopaul on Apr 18, 2006 11:11:06 GMT -5
That's just wrong |
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Post by Marii on Apr 23, 2006 8:09:13 GMT -5
unbelievable.I mean, if you discover something that helps your fellow man so much... get it out there! and as close to free as you can afford to! some people just can't picture themselves in shoes other than the one's they are wearing. that guy is definetely not into WWJD. but your right, flipper, all the money and things he's enjoying will not go past the grave with him. He needs a wake up call.
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Post by Marii on Apr 23, 2006 8:21:02 GMT -5
a lot of things like that bug me. like the price of gas that we can't do without, the price of health insurance that we can't afford but are in deep cacita without it in an emergency, the price of everything going up because of the gas prices which we don't need because they have made electric cars but won't let us have them. you work half of your day for the feul to get there now. everything has gone up escept our wages.
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Post by Hermy on Apr 25, 2006 2:09:58 GMT -5
Here's another thing along that line... Another lady that we work with has a step-father who is in poor health. He's been in and out of the hospital and had several surgeries recently. Well, he just had another and they wanted to put him on a medicine. This medicine costs $2000 for a one month supply - she said they call it the Golden Pill in the medical industry. Well, poor guy, he's been on this pill once before, and (in a rare show of caring for their fellow man) the drug company helped him pay for it last time - the price for him was $3 per month. The bad news? The company will only help out once. So now this guy needs this medication and can't get it - and he obviously can't work and make money (like anyone can afford $2000 a month anyway). It just makes me so mad and pretty much goes back to what MIB said above.
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Post by stellar on Sept 2, 2006 20:59:39 GMT -5
The gap between the rich and poor in this country is growing more and more each day. Your account with the drug companies is another example. This supposed to be the land of opportunity. It is getting harder and harder to get out of a bad situation (espically if you were born into poverty).
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Post by cp on Sept 3, 2006 7:12:13 GMT -5
Just curious:
Is it really the only pill that works?
Pharmaceutical companies play very elaborate games with marketing. Sometimes other companies have a similar medicine or doctors prescribe combinations that work and most times it's proven that miracle medicine is just a hoax that is replaced in a couple of years by another "miracle medicine". Most times it depends on whether the doctor or tah hospital has an agreement with the company, which is perfectly legal but can eliminate other options.
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Post by Man in Black on Sept 3, 2006 11:15:30 GMT -5
In the case of the lady I was reffering to, I believe that it was the only pill available for her father. They searched diligently for quite awhile for any alternative solution to no avail. Hopefully her dad will not relapse.
You are right though cp, that is why they didn't leave any stone unturned. They knew that the drug comapnies weren't much help on their own.
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