SerendipityJul 4
It's not just a problem for diabetics who need insulin. Just paid $809 for Rx WITH INSURANCE for a 2-week antibiotic course. Retail price: $4165. There is no generic; they overcharge because they can. #Health #pharma
John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAYJul 4
Show threadSupermoosie

@evewrites

In Australia, you need a doctor's prescription, but with a medicare card*, it will cost you $31.60* for 550mg / 56 tablets.

*Australian citizens, permanent residents, partner if citizens,some visitors from other countries, some special cases

**Plus 2% of everyone's income tax which is used to fund public healthcare.
The pharmaceutical benifits scheme comes out of that and bulk negotiates with the drug companies for prices the chemist pays and the government subsidised price.

Jul 4 at 2:28amWeb
Show threadSerendipityJul 4
@SuperMoosie What a civilized way of ensuring medication access to those who need it. It's entirely possible and realistic.
Show threadeyebrowsgerri will not complyJul 4
@evewrites @SuperMoosie I live in Pennsylvania. I do have health insurance. But I am reluctantly discontinuing my oral chemotherapy drug this month. Even though I can afford the chemo drug, the $1.6K out-of-pocket cost (WITH insurance) for each of the injections needed twice a year to prevent the chemo drug from turning my bones into Swiss cheese is simply not in my budget.
Show threadSerendipityJul 4
@eyebrowsgerri @SuperMoosie
I'm so sorry to hear you are in that bind. Our healthcare system is immoral.
Show threadEric the half-a-beeJul 4

@SuperMoosie @evewrites

That is obscene. The health payments. scheme in the USA is beyond evil

Show threadD IngramJul 4
@SuperMoosie @evewrites You found the CW listing too!
Show threadSupermoosieJul 4
@ingram yes, then the PBS listing.
Which CW gives a 1c discount on.
@evewrites
Show threadD IngramJul 4
@SuperMoosie @evewrites I didn't realise that the PBS site gave price info. Even the non Medicare price in AU is much better than the US price though.
Show threadJoris MeysJul 4
@SuperMoosie @evewrites (it's Xifaxan, so rifaximine, right? Here it's called targaxan) In Belgium it costs 335 euro for 56 tablets, you can only get in with a prescription, and all but 12.5 euro is paid back by health insurance.