U.S. drug prices are SOARING – here’s why
MONEY-GRUBBING drugmakers CASH IN… while BLEEDING you dry!
Friend, if your Rx meds seem TOO EXPENSIVE… you’re right.
They are.
But between the feds and the drugmakers, they’ve got us in a CHOKEHOLD!
Our drug prices here in this country are HIGHER than pretty much anywhere else in the world…
Even when we’re talking about the SAME drugs…
The SAME drug companies, even…
And the SAME diseases!
Turns out, there’s a reason for that. And it’s one of the SICKEST schemes I’ve ever heard of.
Here’s exactly how MONEY-GRUBBING the U.S. medical mainstream is – and why you should do your DARNDEST to stay away from it.
But first, I’ll share a little background on what’s been going on with drug prices.
It’s gotten so bad… the state of Florida has RESORTED to importing some of the Rx meds they need from Canada…
Because OUTSIDE of this country, drug prices are WAY LOWER!
Behind closed doors, though… There are deals being made to LIMIT our ability to order drugs directly from Canadian wholesalers…
And to FORBID Canada-based distributors from exporting drugs when they’re in short supply.
Now, on our end, the FDA has actually APPROVED Florida’s importation plan…
But it wasn’t easy.
In fact, the “Sunshine State” had to SUE the feds in order to get the green light… which only happened after a federal judge lit a fire under their seats.
So, how did we get here?
Well, The New York Times recently published an exposé that gets to the heart of some of the key reasons…
And boy, are there some doozies.
It’s not just the “patent gaming” I’ve shared with you before… which involves PROLONGING the period of time that a single drug company can hold a MONOPOLY on a drug before it becomes available in a cheaper, generic version.
Because there’s MUCH more going on behind the scenes.
For one, there’s NO system of checks and balances in terms of LIMITING how much a Big Pharma fat cats can charge for a new drug.
So a drug company can PUSH a new medication through the system… even though it offers NO significant additional benefit to what’s already available on the market…
And then it can charge a PREMIUM price for it…
Knowing full well that even when insurance companies WON’T cover it… there’s ENOUGH of a wealthy population in the U.S. that’ll pay out of pocket for it.
NO ONE is telling those drugmakers how expensive is TOO expensive…
And NO ONE is holding them accountable!
So, they can CASH IN on their OWN terms… left UNCHECKED.
That means they’ll charge as much as they want for a drug… even at prices that are sky high…
As long as someone is willing to pay for it.
Unfortunately, that leaves some medications available only to the 1%... and “regular folks” SCRAMBLING.
Pricey drugs are also a CASH COW for middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (or PBMs, for short)…
And for physicians and clinicians… who get perks and kickbacks for helping to promote the use of the “top shelf” medications.
Now, if you’re lucky enough to have a doc who actually CARES about your out-of-pocket costs, there’s not much they can do to help you.
Because the system is so RIGGED… they don’t always know how much a drug will cost you when you go to a pharmacy to pick up your script!
It would be easy for me to tell you to avoid drugs completely… and stay out this game entirely…
But I know that’s just not the reality of the world we’re living in.
And there are some drugs out there that absolutely save lives, in certain circumstances.
But it’s important you know how CORRUPT the system is… and how being a part of it should be a LAST RESORT.
The key here is to NOT NEED Big Pharma in the first place. I know you’ve heard that old adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”… but it really shows its value IN SPADES here.
Because an ounce of prevention could save you from going BANKRUPT trying to fill your prescriptions and pay your medical bills.
In pursuit of the truth,
Dr. Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D.
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