Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices
by specialist on Thursday June 09, 2022 @08:48AM
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> exactly the case I hypothesized
Sorry, I misread. Further, OC explicitly says "Truepill is a white-labelled pharmacy e-commerce platform that MCCPDC".
I should have read more closely. I think part of my confusion is from not seeing (or maybe not recognizing) any examples on costplusdrugs.com.
Regardless, your points about retail price equilibrium still stands.
The choices remain "hollywood accounting" (fraud) and price controls. I continue to hope there's a third option. Not for any moral reason. But rather to avoid the inevitable omgherd libertarian backlash about the authoritarian governmental depriving corporations their god given right to further impoverish sick people. Something like changing the market incentives from fee-for-service to rewarding wellness (eg capitation). But I have yet to imagine how that could work for pharma.
Anyhoo. Thanks for humoring my grasping at straws.
Sorry, I misread. Further, OC explicitly says "Truepill is a white-labelled pharmacy e-commerce platform that MCCPDC".
I should have read more closely. I think part of my confusion is from not seeing (or maybe not recognizing) any examples on costplusdrugs.com.
Regardless, your points about retail price equilibrium still stands.
The choices remain "hollywood accounting" (fraud) and price controls. I continue to hope there's a third option. Not for any moral reason. But rather to avoid the inevitable omgherd libertarian backlash about the authoritarian governmental depriving corporations their god given right to further impoverish sick people. Something like changing the market incentives from fee-for-service to rewarding wellness (eg capitation). But I have yet to imagine how that could work for pharma.
Anyhoo. Thanks for humoring my grasping at straws.