You are wrong in your assertion that it cost millions to bring a drug to
market, it cost BILLIONS. In real world the drug companies give medications
free of charge, or at low cost, to those that can not afford the cost
mike hunt
"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Most cholesterol meds cost about $10 per pill, which is obscene, since
>> these people will probably die if they don't take the stuff, but what
>> choice do they have when they fall in the middle? (Not poor enough for
>> Medicaid, but can't afford good health insurance). It blows. To be
>> fair, though, most drug companies offer an 'indigent patient' program for
>> such patients, but the process is costly to the doctors (Staff time
>> filling out papers, doctor time doing out same) - it's quite cumbersome,
>> and you can't bill the patient or insurance company for it, which is why
>> most docs don't even mention it to the patient. (All docs I've worked
>> with always have, though).
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> Why is it the drug companies' responsibility to provide drugs cheaply? It
> costs millions of dollars to develop a drug. They should provide it cheap
> because someone can't live without it?
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> I guess electricity should be given away because people can't live without
> it.
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> If getting low-cost drugs to people is such a priority, then the
> government should pay for it.
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> Jeff
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