its gonna hit the fan

7mmag6 · 02-21-2006, 12:29 AM

you know us old folks are really tired of this nonsence, my mother has to pay 100 bucks a month for prescriptions more than she did, it took us about 2 days to find the right plan and even that sucked. my retirement is rapidly going in the toilet, ive had it up to my neck with republicans promises, that never turn out

whirlwind · 02-21-2006, 12:36 AM

have your mom apply for medicare part "D". it takes a while to get it approved,but when she gets it any scrip she gets is $5...thats her cost. i havent got my paperwork back yet but when it gets done its gonna save me a heck of alot! i got one script thats $100 a month ! drug companys suck

Mooseman684 · 02-21-2006, 01:24 AM

Costco has the cheapest prescriptions in the Nation and you don't have to be a member, Also on the back of your NRA card, is a discount prescription drug plan !

troy2000 · 02-21-2006, 01:33 AM

Don't you just love the way the new plan was written, so that Medicare was forbidden to negotiate the prices of drugss with the pharmaceutical companies?

And the way they just flat lied about how much it was going to cost the government and the participants?

The whole thing was set up as one more giveaway program to big business.

I guess the Bush Administration is only down on welfare and giving away the taxpayer's money when it might help some poor slob who needs it, instead of padding a big corporation's bottom line.

Stopper · 02-21-2006, 09:48 AM

repubs suck as much as democraps do - cut from same cloth and this countries egg heads (red and blue) can't tell the difference. people are so frick'n stupid that they put party loyalty before freedoms or common sense or the constitution.

NRAJOE · 02-21-2006, 11:55 AM

You need to go to the Office on Aging...my dad gets all his scrips paid for him...over $600 worth of meds a month.

He didn't even know about it until last year...HE had been paying.

Quit your beeching and whining...

7mmag6 · 02-21-2006, 12:27 PM

joe is right I have been far to beetchy, you know there are 3 things in life you have to adjust to--loss of parents, loss of job, retirement is huge. I find myself with nothing to do but bother you people. I will stop it

Dallas · 02-21-2006, 01:51 PM

We would all rather you bother us than you get onery and bother someone local.

troylaplante · 02-21-2006, 02:30 PM

A huge part of the cost of those medications is the fact that in the US, where most of the R&D happens, we have much more restrictive regulations than in other countries. Those regulations on pharma companies are costly. We pay the price for it whereas other countries with less regulation (or more regulation on price control, depending upon how you look at it) pay far less. I remember getting a prescription fairly cheap through one clinic because they were importing from the Middle East the exact same thing that was offered here in the U.S. I still have one bottle with a leftover muscle relaxant that has an overseas drug company name on the label.
We have a couple of the larger drug companies right up the road in our area. There are two production plants and one huge R&D facility right in the Research Triangle area. Oddly enough, the companies are foreign owned.

02-21-2006, 12:29 AM	#1
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337	its gonna hit the fan you know us old folks are really tired of this nonsence, my mother has to pay 100 bucks a month for prescriptions more than she did, it took us about 2 days to find the right plan and even that sucked. my retirement is rapidly going in the toilet, ive had it up to my neck with republicans promises, that never turn out

02-21-2006, 12:36 AM	#2
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,719	have your mom apply for medicare part "D". it takes a while to get it approved,but when she gets it any scrip she gets is $5...thats her cost. i havent got my paperwork back yet but when it gets done its gonna save me a heck of alot! i got one script thats $100 a month ! drug companys suck __________________ De oppresso liber !

02-21-2006, 01:24 AM	#3
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 8,919	Costco has the cheapest prescriptions in the Nation and you don't have to be a member, Also on the back of your NRA card, is a discount prescription drug plan ! __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

02-21-2006, 09:48 AM	#5
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,207	repubs suck as much as democraps do - cut from same cloth and this countries egg heads (red and blue) can't tell the difference. people are so frick'n stupid that they put party loyalty before freedoms or common sense or the constitution. __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

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02-21-2006, 01:33 AM	#4
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,994	Don't you just love the way the new plan was written, so that Medicare was forbidden to negotiate the prices of drugss with the pharmaceutical companies? And the way they just flat lied about how much it was going to cost the government and the participants? The whole thing was set up as one more giveaway program to big business. I guess the Bush Administration is only down on welfare and giving away the taxpayer's money when it might help some poor slob who needs it, instead of padding a big corporation's bottom line.

02-21-2006, 11:55 AM	#6
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 18,802	You need to go to the Office on Aging...my dad gets all his scrips paid for him...over $600 worth of meds a month. He didn't even know about it until last year...HE had been paying. Quit your beeching and whining...

02-21-2006, 12:27 PM	#7
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337	joe is right I have been far to beetchy, you know there are 3 things in life you have to adjust to--loss of parents, loss of job, retirement is huge. I find myself with nothing to do but bother you people. I will stop it

02-21-2006, 01:51 PM	#8
Dallas PUKHA DAWG Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C. Posts: 3,583	We would all rather you bother us than you get onery and bother someone local.

02-21-2006, 02:30 PM	#9
troylaplante Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Selma, NC Posts: 2,211	A huge part of the cost of those medications is the fact that in the US, where most of the R&D happens, we have much more restrictive regulations than in other countries. Those regulations on pharma companies are costly. We pay the price for it whereas other countries with less regulation (or more regulation on price control, depending upon how you look at it) pay far less. I remember getting a prescription fairly cheap through one clinic because they were importing from the Middle East the exact same thing that was offered here in the U.S. I still have one bottle with a leftover muscle relaxant that has an overseas drug company name on the label. We have a couple of the larger drug companies right up the road in our area. There are two production plants and one huge R&D facility right in the Research Triangle area. Oddly enough, the companies are foreign owned.