So much of our medicines are outsourced to other countries and much is in short supply. Not a good thing.
I find it interesting that, if I try to save money and buy medicine from India or Canada (which gets their meds mostly from India), I am not allowed to do so, and must resort to a subterfuge to spend my money on a dodgy website.
But if CVS wants to buy the same medicines from India, to save them money, and resale the same meds to me at CVS with the requisite markup, they can pay all sorts of fees to the government and get permission.
And when a medicine from India is not properly manufactured or packaged, then CVS pays a fine to the government FDA, recalls the meds and pays a disposal fee.
Like what happened a few weeks ago with eye drops.
How have I not known that the CVS branded (and Walgreens, Wal-mart etc) eye drops are the same ones that I am not allowed to buy for FDA and “safety” reasons, but that they can buy to save a buck on cost?
And where is the wonderful FDA oversight on said eye drops that all of us collectively are paying for?
It does make me wonder what I am getting for my money, where out of my pocket, my insurance carrier or Medicaid/medicare.