Is Big Pharma a Conspiracy or Not?
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Re: Is Big Pharma a Conspiracy or Not?
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I am sorry that you have all had to go through this.Eva Darrington wrote: ↑03 Jan 2019, 21:43My diagnosis was 10 years ago. I wouldn't call them side effects. They are permanent, life-altering effects. Yes, it is a more complicated decision for a young person. I would not choose it at any age and am glad people are beginning to write about their experiences with these practices.briellejee wrote: ↑03 Jan 2019, 21:28 I am sorry about the side effects. How are you now though? I am also aware that most, if not all, of these doctors and companies have a greed and blame it on the cancer rather than on chemo. My grandmother, a surgical nurse, had cancer and she told my mom not to put her on chemo because itswno use and she wants to die peacefully. No use in extending her life anymore if it would be attached to drugs. But she's old, so i guess she felt it's time to go. I dont know how it would be to young people who still want to see what life is in store for them.
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Big Pharma exists! Insurances are not helping. The insurance companies require patients to go through procedures and take medications prior to the use of some of these medications, creating a larger customer base and repeat customers. Drug A works but the patient must first go through an MRI, X-rays, a CT Scan, blood work, and take drug B, C, D for the insurance company to pay for drug A. The insurance company does not benefit from the patient healing. If these diseases were cured who would buy the drugs and who would need insurance? Nobody would. Pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies work together to keep the populace sick and needing their products and services. It's a big circle. They feed each other while people die.
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One scheme is called the clawback, where the PBM tells the pharmacist what to charge above the list price. Then they'll take a chunk of that increase, called the clawback, leaving the rest for the pharmacist.
Another complaint is that the drug companies themselves offer rebates to their customers to make the drugs affordable, but the PBMs intercept the rebates and keep them for themselves...the customer never sees the savings, and they usually don't even know the rebate was paid out by the drug manufacturer...