dbarila
Well-Known Member
My mom was just diagnosed with colitis and they said a 6 week supply of the medicine is almost $500. It's ridiculous. She's retired and on social security. How are people supposed to afford that?!I’m an inpatient hospital pharmacist. Today a doc ordered some ear drops for a patient with an ear infection. Nothing super fancy, just an antibiotic with a steroid. But when I went to enter it in the computer, the patient charge (before insurance) was $978. Almost a grand for a bottle of ear drops. Yes, hospital pharmacies have a markup, but it’s based on the AWP set by the manufacturer and the wholesaler. I sent a text message to the provider and got it switched to an ear drop antibiotic without steroid for $50.
The point is I’ve been a pharmacist for over 10 years, and I’ve never seen prices escalate so dramatically on readily available drugs. Vitamin K (which is typically used to reverse Coumadin) is over $300 for a single tablet. Little 15 mL cups of potassium chloride are close to $100 PER CUP. And I don’t see an end in sight.
Still waiting for this big beautiful health care plan that was going to fix all that. And the candidates who actually have a plan and say how they're going to pay for it get called crazy?