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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:46 PM Original message |
Medicare to pay for $93,000 prostate cancer drug |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Worst. Death Panel. Ever. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. A) No cancer drug should cost $93k B) That's not very "death-panely". |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. No drug of any kind |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. "people who aren't yet 65 ... What happens to them?" |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. my dad was offered a drug that would give him 4 more months |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Sorry about your Dad...I know it is hard watching... |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. If Herbie Mann could have played the flute four months longer |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Fogelberg had an aggressive form of the disease - he fought it |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's just me, but I would refuse both chemotherapy and this |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sorry, but this sounds like another gift to the big pharma n/t |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Or not-so-big-but-well-connected pharma. :) |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. I fail to understand why cancer treatments have gotten so expensive. However... |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Frontline has an ongoing Death series and one of the episodes |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hate to sound like I'm supporting Pharma companies |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Very good. (nt) |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. I thought it was forbidden for Medicare to negotiate drug prices |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yes, exactly. American taxpayers will be subsidizing everybody |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I've heard of employees who high-fived each other when the $100K price of their drug was announced. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Yeah, baby! Big Bonus Time! |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. would they do the same for a $93K breast cancer drug? |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. treatment course of Trastuzumab is $23K less n/t |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. One billion dollars divided by $93,000 is 10,752 people before they break even. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That's only if the 2 million men are on medicare |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'd love to see a breakdown of medical costs by drug. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. Big pharma is exploiting the fear of death to turn a buck. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
25. My best friend took Provenge last year. He died in February. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
26. Dendreon up 4% in pre-market |
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