> Nobody in the US actually pays $800 for the drug.
The lowest I can buy this drug for is $819.26.
Period.
> That's the "list price" for insurance companies to pay.
$819.26 - $893.72 is the actual price (range) I must pay if I want to purchase this med.
Period. The tales to the contrary fell apart the moment they were scrutinized.
> Then the drug companies come in and offer a "savings card" which you apply at the pharmacy like another layer of insurance.
No. They don't. They pretend to. It is a lie, as delivered.
The manufacturer (Miebo) has a discount program. Miebo promises my cost for the eye drops will be ...
..."as low as $0"
But below that we are told this deal only for Eligible Commercially Insured Patients.
The ones with insurance that pays for the med.
This American, on the other hand, will pay $819.26 - $893.72.
Despite endless hints that there are pharma industry cards all over the place for the millions of millions of us who pay 100% out-of-pocket, there aren't.
What there are: Tightly bounded programs, primarily for newly released and evergreened drugs. Generally the discounted cost is still more than the nearly identical drug they're trying to replace.
> The FDA is partially to blame for this situation:
Not in a meaningful way. Even Dodge vs Ford is a greater factor. Even the stinking DEA does more harm to out of pocket drug consumers (because it does that harm ceaselessly).
> The cost of [ ... parrots pharma's trivially debunked talking points about why US Drug Consumers Must Get Gouged... ] back from insurers.
The lowest I can buy this drug for is $819.26.
Period.
> That's the "list price" for insurance companies to pay.
$819.26 - $893.72 is the actual price (range) I must pay if I want to purchase this med.
Period. The tales to the contrary fell apart the moment they were scrutinized.
> Then the drug companies come in and offer a "savings card" which you apply at the pharmacy like another layer of insurance.
No. They don't. They pretend to. It is a lie, as delivered.
The manufacturer (Miebo) has a discount program. Miebo promises my cost for the eye drops will be ...
..."as low as $0"
But below that we are told this deal only for Eligible Commercially Insured Patients.
The ones with insurance that pays for the med.
This American, on the other hand, will pay $819.26 - $893.72.
Despite endless hints that there are pharma industry cards all over the place for the millions of millions of us who pay 100% out-of-pocket, there aren't.
What there are: Tightly bounded programs, primarily for newly released and evergreened drugs. Generally the discounted cost is still more than the nearly identical drug they're trying to replace.
> The FDA is partially to blame for this situation:
Not in a meaningful way. Even Dodge vs Ford is a greater factor. Even the stinking DEA does more harm to out of pocket drug consumers (because it does that harm ceaselessly).
> The cost of [ ... parrots pharma's trivially debunked talking points about why US Drug Consumers Must Get Gouged... ] back from insurers.
No. ref: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
Analysis of ref: https://www.csrxp.org/dose-of-reality-new-study-debunks-big-...