First 10 drugs for #Medicare price negotiations chosen
Makers of the drugs have 30 days to agree to participate.
#Eliquis
#Jardiance
#Xarelto
#Januvia
#Farxiga
#Entresto
#Enbrel
#Imbruvica
#Stelara
#Fiasp, #FiaspFlexTouch, #FiaspPenFill, #NovoLog, #NovoLogFlexPen and #NovoLogPenFill
#BloodClots #Diabetes #Psoriasis #CrohnsDisease
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/29/first-10-drugs-chosen-for-medicare-negotiations-00113273
#Biden administration names 10 #PrescriptionDrugs for #PriceNegotiations
1. #Eliquis, a #BloodThinner;
2. #Jardiance, which treats #diabetes & #HeartFailure;
3. #Xarelto, another #BloodThinner.
4. 5. & 6. #Januvia, #Farxiga & #NovoLog, treat #diabetes among other conditions;
7. & 8. #Enbrel & #Stelara, for #arthritis & #psoriasis;
9. #Entresto, for #HeartFailure; &
10. #Imbruvica, for #cancers of the #blood.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/08/29/medicare-drug-price-negotiations/
20 years ago, #Enbrel was a relatively new medication on the #rheumatoid disease front. My #insurance company would only cover half the cost of home injectables aside from insulin. I could not afford a $500/month #copay so I kept trying medications that wouldn't work.
Around that time a friend of mine with rheumatoid disease said that they were rolling out Enbrel very slowly in Canada and it was hard to get, and it was better for people who lived in the US where it wasn't rationed.
Oh, it was rationed.
#hc4a #healthJustice
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@[email protected] It has been an effective strategy. I accompanied someone to emergency at an Ottawa hospital. We were in the waiting room a long time with the forecasted wait time to be something like half a day. While waiting, a youngish white man who was accompanying an Inuit woman while she waited got frustrated and in loud conversation said we wouldn’t have to wait as long if healthcare was privatized. He had no idea that he wouldn’t be able to afford private healthcare.
So as it turns out, I forgot my medication last week. Not entirely sure what happened, as I really don't remember much of last Tuesday (injection day). At least now I know why my #ChronicPain is so much higher this week, and why my #Psoriasis is fully out of control. I got my shot today, and I really hope things calm down a bit.
Bad news: I'm gonna be immunocompromised again pretty soon and live in a state with close to zero mask-wearing
Good news: I might regain some mobility and have fewer flare-ups.
I.E. my latest months-long* approval saga for an anti-TNAF inhibitor may have finally ended in a yes. I won't completely believe it until I'm holding the pen to my thigh again but 🤞
*Shorter than waiting for humira was (5 months) but still quite an ordeal.
Friends who take #Enbrel, how is it treating you?
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