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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by Spooky23 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:26PM (#17552392)
Sounds like a way to mimic the success of over the counter medications like ibuprofen, whose prices have been slowly creeping up for years.

Many of the major profitable blood pressure and statins are off patent, so the drug companies need to make more money.

I’m sure this status will limit or eliminate insurance contributions, so now you’ll pay more for generic because 50 million individuals lack the buying power of CVS and the other PBMs.

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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by mobilefriendly on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:49PM (#17552634)
Incorrect. 200 mg Ibuprofen is 2 cents a pill at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=ibuprofen%20200mg%2050...

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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by edtruji on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:39PM (#17555433)
Walmart physical stores “brick and mortar”, charges different price for the same product, taking into account different “factors” like local competition.
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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by vageli on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:34PM (#17554090)
Pointing at a single data point is not enough evidence to show that an upwards trend does not exist.
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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by pessimizer on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:55AM (#17555660)
The single data point is the exact same single data point mentioned in the comment as the only evidence that an upwards trend existed in the first place.
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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by Spooky23 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:28PM (#17555398)
...And the generic gelcap that is heavily marketed and merchandises better costs 7x more.
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