Reply #5: actually, i see a silver lining here [View All]

[leQ]

maybe it'll be a wake up call for medicare to get on the damn bandwagon and stop paying such outlandish prices. there's absolutely no reason in hell why medicare should be having to pay 90% more than the average consumer. the problem is accountability. doctors (and most industry bean counters) know how to work the system, and they're using every trick in the book to do so. the stories my sister told me made my hair catch on fire and solidified my reasoning for why healthcare costs are out of control.

greed. pure and simple greed.

there's a saying, and i'm not sure if it holds water or not, but if the drug companies were again banned from advertising on tv, the money saved could fund healthcare for every uninsured American for 5 years. pill makers have no business marketing prescription drugs to consumers. plain and simple.