White House Unveils Plan to Cut Prescription-Drug Prices

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Source: The Wall Street Journal.

WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE | HEALTH POLICY

White House Unveils Plan to Cut Prescription-Drug Prices

The Biden administration plan supports legislation to empower the government to negotiate Medicare drug prices

By Stephanie Armour
https://twitter.com/stepharmour1
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Sept. 9, 2021 6:00 am ET

A Biden administration plan to lower prescription-drug prices offers the first detailed road map of administrative actions the White House would support in addition to legislation aimed at driving down costs.

The plan, to be released Thursday, backs legislation from congressional Democrats, including a push to empower the federal government to negotiate for drug prices in Medicare and pass those lower costs along to the private sector. The road map goes further, however, by outlining administrative actions by agencies and departments that could come in concert with possible legislative changes.

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[mucifer]

1. ITS A COMMIE SOCIALIST PLOTTTT!!!!!

[Sherman A1]

2. Sounds great!

If they would include eliminating all advertising for prescription drugs I bet the costs would drop like a rock. Those endless and mind numbing ads. On TV cannot be cheap nor is the commercial time slot.

[brer cat]

3. +1

Advertising prescription drugs should never have been allowed, but that ship has sailed. I wish President Biden would lead a push to stop them,

[llmart]

8. I still think they could be banned like cigarettes were.

Never say never!

Actually, I'd rather they lower the price of prescription insurance also. I resent the fact that if you are on Medicare you are pretty much forced to purchase prescription drug insurance even if you don't take any drugs.

[area51]

10. +1 n/t

[DanieRains]

4. The Ads Are Bribes

So the MSM doesn't talk about why we pay so much more for drugs than other countries pay for the same drugs.

[DanieRains]

5. Y'all Didn't Know That?

Jeesh.

[Puppyjive]

17. Indeed

It is never a topic on the major news networks because prescription drug advertising is their cash cow. They might be good reporters, but they are also drug dealers.

[mopinko]

7. personally, i disagree.

before they advertised that stuff, the only way to get that info was from a doc.
i have good docs, but they didnt suggest that i try lyrica. i saw it on tv.
made a big difference to me and to other people.

they are a way around the gate keepers, and that a GOOD thing.
i'm fine w limits on spending. but...

[Sherman A1]

9. Then we must agree to disagree

I prefer to get my information on medication from a professional rather than a slickly made television advertisement.

[mopinko]

11. well, you're a privileged character.

not everyone has a doc.
also- male. ask any woman w a chronic illness if her doc is her best source of info.
then duck.

[Sherman A1]

13. I do have a primary doctor

and will follow his advice any day over that of a television advertisement. If that works for you, have at it. Seems silly to me.

BTW, my wife follows the advice of her doctor(s) and even with a chronic illness seems to trust them over what is on cable noise.

[mopinko]

14. you are rly missing the point.

it's not about taking a drug that i saw on teevee. cant do that w/o a doc.
it's about knowing that it's out there so i can ask the doc about it.

you are lucky, and your wife is amazingly lucky.
i have multiple autoimmune diseases, but i was the one who had to figure that out 1st, and get a doc to confirm. that's the story for most women w ai.

docs arent gods, and keeping info stovepiped through them is just bullshit.
people die that way.

[Sherman A1]

15. Not missing the point at all

however, you seem to be.

Self diagnose all you want. If it works for you......

[mopinko]

16. whatevs.

my ideas arent anything w/o a doc. i have lots of docs. (part of the prob- they dont talk to each other. just hand patients off to specialists and forget about it.)

but i take an active part in my care, and everyone should.
you cant do that w/o info. admittedly, teevee ads arent the best way to get info out. but til there are better ways, it's important info.

you are deifying a system that doesnt deserve it.

[Sherman A1]

18. Hardly deifying anything

Just respectful of the skills as opposed to the marketing and the costs to us all in that pull marketing program.

As I said several posts above we must agree to disagree. That is the last word from me to you on this or any other topic. Life is just too short.

Good Day.

[SergeStorms]

19. Don't you have a primary physician?

That Doctor should coordinate your Healthcare matters. Are you in an urban or rural environment?

[mopinko]

21. i'm in one of the best systems in the country.

have a primary who teaches at u of chicago. rheumie, too.

neither of them realized that my copd was not inflammatory, but secretions from my shoghens. i figured it out, and turns out it is easily controlled w a saline mist treatment, instead of the steroids i've been on for years. also have osteopenia, which, yeah, steroids not good.
and i have several conditions that are likely also related, but not of a concern to either of, because i am seeing a specialist.
it's called stovepiping, and it's the biggest factor in medical mystery cases.

i'm in a gap in my ins atm, but i'm planning a 'come to jesus' talk w my rheumie.
all the bs of the last 1 1/2 yrs blew it all up so hard, it was easy to see.


and oh, being a medical mystery gets you a psyche dx.
it aint all white coats and smiles, ppl.

[SergeStorms]

24. OMG!

I'm so sorry! Either your PCP isn't spending enough time with you and really LISTENING (which is the case with so many of them) or there's just so much going on with you and he/she can't see the forest for the trees.

I'm glad you're on top of everything and figured it out.

Yes, you have a different set of parameters than most. Do whatever you think is best for you, and keep on chugging.

[mopinko]

25. well, actually

late '19 i found the right dose of the right strains of mmj, and it changed a whoooole lot.
cleared up the brain fog that i had had in a bad way since getting west nile in '02, but also had most of my life since i got my head bashed in at 6.
lifelong klutz, but not rly any more.
also cleared up a lot of muscle spasms. changed my voice considerably.

actually looking for a new pcp, for sorta obvious reasons. got pretty sick last year and tried figuring this shit out. found out if you rly want to piss off a doctor, tell them what's wrong w you. esp if it should be staring them in the face.
been a patient for over a decade, and liked her. but...
she behaved incredibly unprofessionally, even tho i admit i was being difficult. but i felt like shit.

[Backseat Driver]

26. I don't have a primary doc either yet...can't afford the 80/20 coverage

without a Medigap (supplemental) and budget currently too tight, even Medicare-approved (hahaha) private insurer Advantage plan choices seem to suck; daughters are freaking out as do I, but...I do thorough research on supplements, nutrition, exercise, and best science re Covid-19, and hope for the best for us healthwise as possible. I know exactly what you mean about going to the specialists and the shrinks as well; nothing wrong with men's heads though. I've lost enough throughout under the GQP's I've never voted for, including professional diagnosis and treatment folks, but am still grateful because there are many in worse shape, but it's lonely, scary, and far too late to fly solo.

[Backseat Driver]

28. That's exactly what 1st ended our "happy days" in the early 80s.

John Berry leading the charge to the single plan per state payola.

[GB_RN]

29. "Bug Your Doc" Ads...

Drive me insane.

We are one of only TWO countries in the world that allow direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertisements. The other is New Zealand, believe it or not.

[lark]

6. Joe Mancin will be apoplectic.

His daughter is one of the major pharmacy grifters with insulin, bet that's why he's all of a sudden torpedoing the non traditional infrastructure bill.

[SergeStorms]

20. She was.

She took the golden parachute offered to her when her employer was swallowed up by an international conglomerate. I think it added up to over $1 million. They also closed down the factory in West Virginia, putting hundreds of Joe's constituents out of work.

But the Manchins got theirs, so no big deal. Manchin is a hypocrite of the first/worst order.

[Backseat Driver]

27. DM Type II drugs treat symptoms not the root problem(s)...

too many anecdotes and legit studies about the necessity to manage and avoid toxic SAD and environmental concerns that screws up one's immune system via the microbiome/leaky gut...obesity, liver, brain, nervous system, hormonal/adrenal - when the immune system doesn't work well, one's energy reserves to keep homeostasis of bodily functions deteriorate leaving one susceptible to chronic and catastrophic disease processes.

That said, it's hard not to dream up CT's evolving from the R&D laboratories, private and under control of DD or funded by rich political Wall Street types that support moranic leadership in government to maintain such wealth, from the lowly NRA types, pathogenic bioweapons, to those who deny climate change, and the physics/materials and cyber labs pretending that AI will give them advantage. The kernels of truth are that no protocols are failsafe when the intentions of the evil heart are involved...or plain human error might explain but is covered up in fear. Human morality, ethics, empathy, compassionate care, civility, kindness, and respect then go right out the window! We're truly on our own...

[DownriverDem]

12. A friend of mine

is on Eliquis. I hope it is lowered. There is no generic for it. The cost is unbelievable.

[WestMichRad]

22. Expect the pharma industry...

… to pull out all their bag of tricks to fight this.

[Bayard]

23. We order my husband's inhaler from a Canada distributor

Half the price of having it filled here.

Our prez doing more good works!