On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:47:14 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 3/11/2016 12:17 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> That was precisely my thought (the latter, not the former;)  )
> 
> True and you must be rich or have good medical insurance. It seems to me
> that the Pharmas charge as much as the market will bear.

And even with good medical insurance, good care is sometimes hard to find 
or comes at a premium.  For example, even though we've got a good dental 
plan, a crown cost us about $600 a few weeks back - because our dentist 
charges more than the standard rates (but they're good and worth it - 
I've always had a phobia of needles in general, and the work I've had 
done, when it's involved needles, hasn't been a problem at all.  In my 
mind, that's worth the extra cost).

> There is a lot of grumbling on this side of the pond at the moment. With
> drug treatments being not cost effective. So patients die and companies
> prosper.

Yeah, on this side as well.  And then we have opportunists like Martin 
Shrikeli who take drugs that are affordable and jack the prices up, and 
then justify it by saying the insurance companies cover it *anyways*.

Because insurance company money is free to the consumer, apparently.

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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