Republicans in favor of expensive insulin.

[newolddude]

Trump barely even knew what insulin was and pondered if he should take it.

Trump asks if he should be using insulin – a drug that's fatal for non-diabetics

President says: ‘I don’t use insulin. Should I be? Huh? I never thought about it’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Thebrownblob]

Yes Trump did institute a low cost insulin plan. But
1) you could only get it if you were a patient at a HRSA facility. (Use this tool to find them. Find a Health Center)
2) you could only qualify if you were in extreme poverty: those making less than 350% of the federal poverty line.

As a result less that 2% of insulin users qualified.

Again why are you against people who make a living paying for their own medicine? Why is it the government job to pay for your medicine? You do realize the reason most medicine is overpriced is because of the government being involved, don’t you? This is perhaps the most ignorant thread you’ve ever posted. Adults with half a brain will see right through a story like this.

 

[newolddude]

Again why are you against people who make a living paying for their own medicine? Why is it the government job to pay for your medicine? You do realize the reason most medicine is overpriced is because of the government being involved, don’t you? This is perhaps the most ignorant thread you’ve ever posted. Adults with half a brain will see right through a story like this.

Why should American's pay so much more? Is it our job to pad the profits of big pharma companies?

The Astronomical Price of Insulin Hurts American Families

More than 30 million Americans have diabetes, and nearly a quarter of them use insulin to manage their symptoms and prevent life-threatening complications. The price they have to pay for insulin is more than ten times higher than the average prices in 32 other countries combined.

www.rand.org

 

[Thebrownblob]

Why should American's pay so much more? Is it our job to pad the profits of big pharma companies?

The Astronomical Price of Insulin Hurts American Families

More than 30 million Americans have diabetes, and nearly a quarter of them use insulin to manage their symptoms and prevent life-threatening complications. The price they have to pay for insulin is more than ten times higher than the average prices in 32 other countries combined.

www.rand.org

Big Pharma working hand-in-hand with the government to artificially inflate prices lol. Anytime the government inserts theirselves in the free market it creates inequities. You should really learn how economies work. It’s called unintended consequences.

 

[newolddude]

Big Pharma working hand-in-hand with the government to artificially inflate prices lol. Anytime the government inserts theirselves in the free market it creates inequities. You should really learn how economies work. It’s called unintended consequences.

Nice deflection.

You whine and cry about gas prices but then think it's our duty to pay through the nose for medicines.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Nice deflection.

You whine and cry about gas prices but then think it's our duty to pay through the nose for medicines.

Lol whine and cry, your president can’t even go to Saudi Arabia and get a better deal and shut down our ability to provide our own oil.


Tell the losers who can’t pay for their medicine to stop looking for the government to do it for them. And ask yourself why 32 countries have cheaper medicine than us. Keep sucking the tit of big Pharma, they as well as enjoy having you take as many prescriptions as possible for the rest of your life.

 

[newolddude]

Again why are you against people who make a living paying for their own gasoline? Why is it the government job to pay for your gasoline?

Switch words and see how that sounds.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Switch words and see how that sounds.

Again it sounds like you want someone to take care of you because you’re helpless. Which we know you are

 

[newolddude]

Again it sounds like you want someone to take care of because you’re helpless. Which we know you are

You're twisting what I'm saying. Show me where I said insulin should be free.

Why should Americans pay far far more than everyone else?

 

[Thebrownblob]

You're twisting what I'm saying. Show me where I said insulin should be free.

Why should Americans pay far far more than everyone else?

They do because the solutions you ask for cause inequities and unintended consequences. Liberals leftists minds cannot understand or I would explain it to you in detail. You need someone to do something for you because you’re not capable. Asking the government to do it is a devils pact with thousands of strings attached.

 

[newolddude]

They do because the solutions you ask for cause inequities and unintended consequences. Liberals leftists minds cannot understand or I would explain it to you in detail. You need someone to do something for you because you’re not capable. Asking the government to do it is a devils pact with thousands of strings attached.

I don't need anyone to do anything for me since I'm not diabetic.

I'm only expecting the government to do something because big pharma has been allowed to do whatever they want and use the American health system as a massive profit generation center because prices have been unregulated.

 

[Thebrownblob]

I don't need anyone to do anything for me since I'm not diabetic.

I'm only expecting the government to do something because big pharma has been allowed to do whatever they want and use the American health system as a massive profit generation center because prices have been unregulated.

Well you’re asking for more distorted prices then because you’re rudimentary understanding of economics and price fixing is juvenile

 

[Thebrownblob]

I don't need anyone to do anything for me since I'm not diabetic.

I'm only expecting the government to do something because big pharma has been allowed to do whatever they want and use the American health system as a massive profit generation center because prices have been unregulated.

Here you go sweetie its a good start for you to learn something I can send more if you need…..FYI Trumps solution was no better.

Unintended Consequences of Price Controls | Learn Liberty

Prof. Antony Davies explains that prices are not levers that set value, but rather, are metrics that respond to value. Therefore, since government cannot le ...

www.learnliberty.org

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Is it our job to pad the profits of big pharma companies?

That's apparently what Democrats believe, because they just created a huge transfer of wealth from taxpayers to big pharma.

Push for companies to make more generics and for the FDA to approve them faster? Change patent laws around these medicines?

Nah, let's just subsidize profits for mega corporations. Typical Democrats.

 

[newfie]

Yes Trump did institute a low cost insulin plan. But
1) you could only get it if you were a patient at a HRSA facility. (Use this tool to find them. Find a Health Center)
2) you could only qualify if you were in extreme poverty: those making less than 350% of the federal poverty line.

As a result less that 2% of insulin users qualified.

i don;t know where you came up with that number. Over 1750 insurance plans intially applied when trump rolled this out.

President Trump Announces Lower Out of Pocket Insulin Costs for Medicare’s Seniors | CMS

Today, under President Trump’s leadership, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that over 1,750 standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage have applied to offer lower insulin costs through the Part D...

www.cms.gov

could you be so good as to supply your source for this 2 percent number so we can see if you're quoting it correctly

 

[newfie]

Trump barely even knew what insulin was and pondered if he should take it.

Trump asks if he should be using insulin – a drug that's fatal for non-diabetics

President says: ‘I don’t use insulin. Should I be? Huh? I never thought about it’

www.independent.co.uk

in Rebuttal joe biden stated "abljisutohfshpfpwoieoppfmooij"

 

[Thebrownblob]

in Rebuttal joe biden stated "abljisutohfshpfpwoieoppfmooij"

One of his better statements.

 

[vantexan]

Let's start with why there are so many diabetics these days and thus the need for insulin. The standard American diet is loaded with sugar and processed foods high in carbohydrates that pack on the pounds. When you're humping all day on a job like UPS it's easy to burn it off but a lot of people sit at a desk all day then come home to watch tv or look at a computer. And thus we have a high obesity rate and over time bodies break down and diabetes and other maladies occur. Eat better, exercise, and most of this goes away. Stay away from fast food(my weakness). Do you like to snack on potato chips and have pizza delivered? Do you have a belly? Turn it around while you can because if you become a diabetic and are one long enough the things it does to you isn't pleasant.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Let's start with why there are so many diabetics these days and thus the need for insulin. The standard American diet is loaded with sugar and processed foods high in carbohydrates that pack on the pounds. When you're humping all day on a job like UPS it's easy to burn it off but a lot of people sit at a desk all day then come home to watch tv or look at a computer. And thus we have a high obesity rate and over time bodies break down and diabetes and other maladies occur. Eat better, exercise, and most of this goes away. Stay away from fast food(my weakness). Do you like to snack on potato chips and have pizza delivered? Do you have a belly? Turn it around while you can because if you become a diabetic and are one long enough the things it does to you isn't pleasant.

All of this is true, the whole system is whacked, and I just read your whole post while stuffing my face with Lays potato chips, I can confirm you cannot eat just one.

 

[Box Ox]

All of this is true, the whole system is whacked, and I just read your whole post while stuffing my face with Lays potato chips, I can confirm you cannot eat just one.

Pringles are more fun for me. Once you pop, you can't stop.