BTW, my Budesinide EC 3 mgs (qnty 90 btw too I might add)that supposedly cost $1480 "Retail" so says the print-out with the Rx from my local Wegman's Pharmacy.... And that generic too! And it only went generic this year too.... Well for a few moments when I was just starting this new med for my UC and it seemed to be doing the trick without any of the crap from the salisides (some folks are allergic and have reverse symptoms like loose poops and gas, just what we're trying to get rid of, like I did) it seemed we might not have coverage at the end of the month, so...
My Mom who hits the donut hole each year told me about a trick her and her other "Senior" aged Managed Medicare friends make use of to keep costs down... Canada Drugs, dot com... Well my great new super expensive nobody would touch it til it went generic med here in the states anyway, costs but $75 generic just an hour or so north of the Syracuse and even the Name Brand only goes for $212 bucks American as of about 6-8 weeks ago... Now that is a crying shame and a huge blemish on the face of the good old US of A if you ask me....
So why does the American Gov't allow only our own citizens and our healthcare system have to overly absorb such insane price differences when clearly such meds can be produced and distributed at a reasonable profit margin at so much lower prices in other more intelligent, less one percenter nations like our largest trading partner to the north and home to such great free market companies as RIM???? Not exactly a super RED communist nation with hordes spilling over our northern boarder ready to destroy our system of "free markets" now are they???
That's it, I'm done, I'm moving to Canada where my kids can have access to healthcare, really good inexpensive colleges and medicines for most problems we might encounter at a reasonable price... It's well worth the extra cost of gas and beer (calm down now Bert, You'll get used to the Beer thing once you don't see the prior auths on your desk anymore, you won't need 3 beers anymore to calm down and get to sleep anymore...).
