Is anyone surprised by this? Just turn the damn thing over to the market.
When you have doctors pushing the latest, highest cost, most side effect riddled drugs just out, of course you will see a spike in cost. They wanted hubby on Crestor, high side effects and cost, he takes a low cost older cholesterol drug that has a generic at a much lower cost that works as well and has less side effects. Slick ad campaigns made it the #1 cholesterol drug. Not that it works better than older less side effect riddled ones.
My DUMB PCP wants me on Lyrica 375 MG several times a day. I’ve already had a bad reaction to a lower doses. I’ll stick with my CHEAP, less addictive Valium for my Fibromyalgia and
Peripheral Neuropathy pain. Works, no side effects.
Then you have the fact she doesn’t listen, doesn’t follow proper testing guidelines, and writes scripts for full blown diabetes med based on a glucose reading taken after 1000 MG of Vit C. No meter to test, no A1C1, no Keytone testing. Made her give me a meter. 1 test strip per day. I’ve a Type 2 diabetic son. So I know what has to be done. If you suspect I have a ‘sugar’ issue send me to my ENDOCRINOLOGIST who treats my Hypothyroid. You Dr are NOT QUALIFIED to diagnosis the issue. Which is NOT a real health issue. Just a Vit C issue.
Then you have the $60 BILLION in fraud in Medicare to contend with. And Illegals being put on it to boot.