Re: Combating Ferstlerianism

[Bruce J. Richman]

George M. Middius wrote:


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>> Medicare doesn't cover antipsychotic medications.
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>You're kidding, right?
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I wish I was. In general, Medicare does no cover prescription drugs, although
there have been some minimal recent attempts to provide various discount plans.
One of the main reasons that seniors join HMOs and PPOs is because of
prescription drug coverage.



Bruce J. Richman

[Bruce J. Richman]

George M. Middius wrote:


>Bruce J. Richman said:
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>> >> Medicare doesn't cover antipsychotic medications.
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>> >You're kidding, right?
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>> I wish I was. In general, Medicare does no cover prescription drugs,
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>> there have been some minimal recent attempts to provide various discount
>plans.
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>I've seen ads for prescription-only "clubs". I did a superficial
>evaluation of one and it looked like a joke.
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>> One of the main reasons that seniors join HMOs and PPOs is because of
>> prescription drug coverage.
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>Do you know what kind of discount the plans get compared to individuals?
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I've seen a few of those ads too. They seem to be around 10 to 20% or so, on
average. Importation of prescription drugs from Canada is probably a better
means of getting lower prices, but of course Bush and his pharmaceutical
company-loving cronies, are trying to block that approach too.


Bruce J. Richman