On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 1:01:02 PM UTC-5, RoddyMcCorley wrote:
> On 5/25/2017 3:10 PM, michael anderson wrote:
> >
> > I just saw what medicaid reimburses the pharm co. for a month of xyrem(what they actual pay out of taxpayer money): over 12k. for one month.
> >
> > for a drug older than aspirin that costs very little to produce. that they didnt spend any money developing.
> >
> > That's money right out of our paychecks.....jesus.
> >
> So, what should we or Congress do about it? There are plenty of drugs
> like that.
>
> Isn't H&HS prohibited from negotiating drug prices with pharma? Maybe
> that is where to start. Or, God forbid, H&HS gets into the pharma
> business itself.
>
> See:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-drug-prices/
>
> I was taking Humira for Psoriasis. Even though that is now widely used
> to treat other conditions (Psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease, etc),
> the price keeps on rising.
1) humira when it came out was actually a new drug that did cost a lot of money to develop
2) humira, although very expensive, is still much much cheaper than xyrem(by a factor of 4)