Thanks to where I work, I’ve seen some members that take drugs that cost our plan (NOT the member) $10,000 a dosage. Those are usually infused cancer drugs or the like (MS, etc.).
For a routine maintenance medication for a chronic condition, a cost to the insurance of $5000 or more for a 90 day supply is not unheard of.
Yeah I know insurance companies pay a fortune for drugs and treatments. Sometimes when I look at how ridiculously it is expensive for one cancer patient or one ALS patient or even one diabetic patient, it’s hard to believe there’s enough healthy people that they can make a profit. Because there are a lot of sick people! I suppose the very ill and terminally ill will get on Medicaid or Medicare. I think if someone is on disability they get Medicare.