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Sunday, November 15, 2009
A General Plea -- From Some Thoughtful Med School Students
Thanks. Support a strong public option, please.
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While I agree we need a public option, I feel that the MD community is a bit self serving here. Some medications, particularly biologics, are outrageously expensive - true. But for usual ailments, such as last week when I needed an antibiotic, I got a bill for $190 from the MD to tell what I already knew, and write the Rx, which cost me $12 (which is lower than my $18 Rx co-pay, so my insurance did not lay out a nickel here). $190 for 10 min in the office vs. $12 for the medication. Hmmm...I don't think the pharma industry alone needs to take a hard look at the financing of health care. If medicines make up only ~10% of the nation's health care bill, why are we not looking as closely at the other 90%???
Agreed -- doctors in the USA make 40 percent more, on average, than doctors in the European Union.
Everyone needs to kick in -- I agree.
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