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jj the Santa Barbarian@cookiesinheaven Damn right
@GottaLaff #DarkBrandon getting s**t done!
Lawrence@GottaLaff "Every single Republican in Congress voted against this" This is absolutely amazing to me, especially considering the age and health of a typical Republican voter...
@tersenurse Right? It's insane. Power and racism mean so much more to them than lives. #ProLifeMyAss
@GottaLaff I'm not sure, but I *think* this particular example is just about filthy lucre.
@tersenurse It always comes back to power and racism. Think about WHY it comes down to $$.
Catherine is not complacent@tersenurse @GottaLaff they’re well aware that Republicans don’t vote for their best interests, they vote to own the libs.
Chris Rivers@GottaLaff be like China & steal recipe
Imre 🇨🇦Shorten the drug patent times and let the generics compete with lower prices.
@Ferencz @GottaLaff honestly people are being thrown table scapes. Corporations are treasonous entities. They should be buried.
Bibliofishy📚☕️@GottaLaff The President lowered cost of prescription drugs to hide the truth about Hunter Biden's laptop, next on Fox. Also, witchhunt.
@bibliofishy Oh you KNOW they'll say it
Not a Spring Onion"Is our totally wrongfully made President President very sick? Why else would he make medication cheap, which, according to our analysts, benefits only the 'poor' and 'sick'." 
Elliott@GottaLaff unrelated but every one of these sounds like one of those nonsense pile-of-letters brand names of basically every product on amazon. With all the money they make you'd figure they could hire a brand consultant to come up with something pronounceable
@eep We all wonder about that. I know there's a reason for it, but it's so DUMB
Belafon@GottaLaff @eep they do hire people, and generally the strage names are related to the name of the major molecule, generally by hacking away syllables.
@Belafon OK but maybe that means they're hiring the wrong people? If I go to my doctor and ask if Farxiga or Fiasp are right for me, the first thing he's going to do is check if I'm having a stroke
Peter G
StenAn example : product name …Fesofor
: ingredient…..ferrous sulphate
: chemical name ….FeSO4
Martha@eep
Eliquis to take but one example is a life saving blood thinner that helps to prevent strokes. Before this the most effective drug available was rat poison, which had to be very closely monitored.
El - ee- kuis - not so hard for what it does
Eliquis to take but one example is a life saving blood thinner that helps to prevent strokes. Before this the most effective drug available was rat poison, which had to be very closely monitored.
El - ee- kuis - not so hard for what it does
@eep @GottaLaff
It's interesting to me (at least) that people who depend on these drugs to stay alive have no difficulty pronouncing their names
It's interesting to me (at least) that people who depend on these drugs to stay alive have no difficulty pronouncing their names
Grandpa Beer@GottaLaff as someone just entering the Medicare system…yay.
Crochetcat@grandpabeer @GottaLaff Yep! I’ll be in the system soon, and I’m already on one of these. This is a big freaking deal.
Sharonbw stands with Minnesota@GottaLaff
My mother takes Eliquis. It's EXPENSIVE!
Maybe now the drug companies won't have as much money to put on annoying commercials.
TerpieCat@Sharonbw @GottaLaff My mom also takes Eliquis. She just paid over $200 for a 90 day supply. Will be very happy if the price gets negotiated down.
@Sharonbw No, they’ll still air them.
🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥@GottaLaff
🥥 This list of the names of 10 drugs for which #PresidentBiden has secured the right to negotiate prices amazes me with the fact that I've never heard of ANY of them.
I knew I was out of it, but now I'm wondering if I'm so far out of things that EYE need a drug that sounds like it's a Klingon noun. 🥥
🥥 This list of the names of 10 drugs for which #PresidentBiden has secured the right to negotiate prices amazes me with the fact that I've never heard of ANY of them.
I knew I was out of it, but now I'm wondering if I'm so far out of things that EYE need a drug that sounds like it's a Klingon noun. 🥥
Barbara E Bj@GottaLaff , Means we get better Medicare due to less money spent on scripts.
rhempel@GottaLaff way past time to negotiate/set prices, but seriously, 2 more YEARS of lobbying and f#cking around to get fair pricing on 10 drugs?
Gatekeeper..@GottaLaff
He called out Big Phama but it's the republicans that are behind the drug cartels.
He called out Big Phama but it's the republicans that are behind the drug cartels.
SaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦@GottaLaff it is funny how #gop think gov’t using huge purchase base is bad but when companies control the market, it isn’t a problem?
Capitalism can work both ways! Unfortunately that eats into big parma profits & kick backs (oops political contributions).
Capitalism can work both ways! Unfortunately that eats into big parma profits & kick backs (oops political contributions).
@SaanichGuy GOP goes with whatever benefits the GOP. Ugh.
@GottaLaff This is one of the reasons to repeal the Sitizens United decision and to institute term limits for House and Senate.
Coach Pāṇini ®
What diseases or conditions are treated with these drugs —Eliquis —Jardiance —Xarelto —Januvia —Farxiga —Entresto —Enbrel —Imbruvica —Stelara —Fiasp
The following drugs are subject to Medicare price negotiations and are used to treat the following conditions[1][2][3][4][5][6]: - Eliquis: a blood thinner used to prevent blood clots. - Jardiance: a diabetes drug used to lower blood sugar levels. - Xarelto: a blood thinner used to prevent blood clots. - Januvia: a diabetes drug used to lower blood sugar levels. - Farxiga: a diabetes drug used to lower blood sugar levels. - Entresto: a heart failure drug used to treat heart failure. - Enbrel: a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. - Imbruvica: a leukemia drug used to treat certain types of leukemia. - Stelara: a drug used to treat psoriasis and Crohn's disease. - Fiasp: a diabetes drug used to lower blood sugar levels. These drugs accounted for $50.5 billion, or about 20%, in total Part D gross covered prescription drug costs, between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023[5].
Fits of Pique@paninid @GottaLaff $50 Billion? With a B?!
SLCW💥@GottaLaff Good. As it is, I have to skip my Xarelto every 3rd day because it's so goddammed expensive. If I take it every day, I enter the donut hole (ie no more prescription coverage) 3 months before my benefits reset on the first of the new year.
@slcw @GottaLaff
That must be so frightening. I hope a better pricing schedule comes on board SOON for you and others like you.
That must be so frightening. I hope a better pricing schedule comes on board SOON for you and others like you.
ruthlessone@GottaLaff of course they did
Susan @GottaLaff anyone who has experience of thse, can we reveal what these are for: I know Xarelto is for high blood pressure, by being a blood thinner
Fiasp - insulin shot
Stelara - Crohns, IBS etc
Imbruvica - cancer in kids
Enbrel - rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, plaque psoriasis
Entresto - heart failure, blood pressure
Farxiga - diabetes
Januvia - diabetes
Xarelto - high blood pressure
Jardiance - lowers blood sugar-diabetes
Eliquis - stops blood clots from forming due to a certain irregular heartbeat
@GottaLaff
This is wonderful.
Next, President Biden must do something to recognise dental care as essential to health and to make it more affordable.
This is wonderful.
Next, President Biden must do something to recognise dental care as essential to health and to make it more affordable.
@Island_Martha He does. It’s not that he doesn’t recognize it, it’s whether or not he can do anything about it.
@GottaLaff
No one expected him to accomplish half of what he has. ONCE he's re-elected then we'll see.
This election in November is critical. Not only must Biden be re-elected, we have to hold on to the Senate and recover the House.
No one expected him to accomplish half of what he has. ONCE he's re-elected then we'll see.
This election in November is critical. Not only must Biden be re-elected, we have to hold on to the Senate and recover the House.
Peter Kahn🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈@GottaLaff @Urban_Hermit we must defeat the GOP everywhere we can. That means we must be doing the organizing and donating, depending on our means, right now. With a solid organization, we have a better chance of getting out to the vote. We also have to fight against all of the voter suppression attempts by the GOP.