Reminder: Government has the power to give you affordable healthcare, but chooses not to.
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One of the biggest bills of the year is one nobody is talking about, Del. Mike Mullin, D-Newport News, wrote in a tweet on Friday — a hard cap on the price of insulin in Virginia.
Insurers are now limited to charging a maximum of $50 a month for the drug after Del. Lee Carter, D-Manassas, urged colleagues to accept a Senate amendment to his bill. The price is a little higher than his original cap of $30, but still the lowest ceiling for insulin in the country, he said on the House floor.
Insulin prices have tripled over the last decade as the drug’s four main manufacturers have raised the baseline cost. Virginia is the latest state to pass its own controls amid nationwide reports of patients dying after rationing the vital medication.
There have been Congressional hearings over the rising costs, but federal regulators still haven’t settled on a solution to lower prices. Virginia is the third state to pass a law limiting the cost of insulin.
A hospital can charge what ever it wants. You dont have to pay it. You can usually negotiate a deep discount and payment plan if you pay by cash. This is always done after care and always works because hospitals know thier prices re hyperinflated and like cash flow from negotiated payments.
“Charge ‘em for the lice, extra for the mice / Two percent for looking in the mirror twice / Here a little slice, there a little cut / Three percent for sleeping with the window shut / When it comes to fixing prices / There are a lot of tricks I knows / How it all increases, all them bits and pieces / Jesus! It’s amazing how it grows!” From “Master of the House,” Les Miserables; Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (original French), and Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics); Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Book, adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel, by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (French version), Trevor Nunn and John Caird with additional material by James Fenton (English version); Paris – 1980.
jmworacle over 4 years ago
Take Winslow.
Sanspareil over 4 years ago
Charge Carmen for being a Republican, it’s a pre-existing condition which the reich wingers hate
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 4 years ago
Give ’em an IOU for your next newborn.
Kaputnik over 4 years ago
Well, I have some cousins that I have no use for. Of course, they have a cousin that they have no use for. Hmmm.
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Reminder: Government has the power to give you affordable healthcare, but chooses not to.
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One of the biggest bills of the year is one nobody is talking about, Del. Mike Mullin, D-Newport News, wrote in a tweet on Friday — a hard cap on the price of insulin in Virginia.
Insurers are now limited to charging a maximum of $50 a month for the drug after Del. Lee Carter, D-Manassas, urged colleagues to accept a Senate amendment to his bill. The price is a little higher than his original cap of $30, but still the lowest ceiling for insulin in the country, he said on the House floor.
Insulin prices have tripled over the last decade as the drug’s four main manufacturers have raised the baseline cost. Virginia is the latest state to pass its own controls amid nationwide reports of patients dying after rationing the vital medication.
There have been Congressional hearings over the rising costs, but federal regulators still haven’t settled on a solution to lower prices. Virginia is the third state to pass a law limiting the cost of insulin.
https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/virginia-general-assembly-caps-insulin-prices-at-50-a-month/
Brain Pudding over 4 years ago
A hospital can charge what ever it wants. You dont have to pay it. You can usually negotiate a deep discount and payment plan if you pay by cash. This is always done after care and always works because hospitals know thier prices re hyperinflated and like cash flow from negotiated payments.
Bookworm over 4 years ago
“Charge ‘em for the lice, extra for the mice / Two percent for looking in the mirror twice / Here a little slice, there a little cut / Three percent for sleeping with the window shut / When it comes to fixing prices / There are a lot of tricks I knows / How it all increases, all them bits and pieces / Jesus! It’s amazing how it grows!” From “Master of the House,” Les Miserables; Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (original French), and Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics); Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Book, adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel, by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (French version), Trevor Nunn and John Caird with additional material by James Fenton (English version); Paris – 1980.
William Robbins Premium Member over 4 years ago
wait til you get the bill for the out of network band-aid…
braindead Premium Member over 4 years ago
Not to worry.
If Trump is re-elected, the requirement for ERs to treat people in emergency situations will be eliminated.
People will die in the street, but it will be mostly Those People, so no problem.
Republicans, the Party of Trump, will realize their dream of no one getting health care unless they can pay for it.
Nellie Rascal over 4 years ago
Perhaps NC insulin sales will increase when there isn’t any in VA
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
Fortunately for me in Harris county Texas I can get insulin for $10 even if I am not on the Gold Card.