Again with the pharmaceutical shopping game...
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I saw my PA yesterday and we discussed my experiences shopping for this inhaler. She wrote me a new script to use with the Canadian middlemen.
It just amazes me that the same med from the same manufacturer under the same license can be $212/month or $25/month depending on where one shops.
It just amazes me that the same med from the same manufacturer under the same license can be $212/month or $25/month depending on where one shops.
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Oh yeah, but I learned the actual key on that in another thread. Amazing how much lifesaving meds are overpriced in the US The patents owner licenses the factory in India to make the same exact medicine for sale at various prices in various markets. Then the Canadian pharmacy opens an office (it may not be a real office, but whatever) there that buys locally at Indian wholesale prices, then ships direct to the US customer. In this case, Bayer is the manufacturer. Why it's the same thing by the same companies for less than 10% of the cost in another country is probably a complicated mix of international politics.
My cousin is a bigwig at UHC. He tried to explain to me how they make more from kickbacks from pharmas than from drug sales. Unfortunately it was way more than my graduate degree in math allowed me to understand.
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