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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ruben,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div>I will not argue with your statement.</div><div><br></div><div>but touches on insurance and drug prices. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Private insurance negotiates prices with the drug makers. Medicare is not allowed to negotiate. So Gilead may set the price at $10000, just to name a big number. Private insurance might negotiate max of $1000. Then people would only pay $1000. Medicare would start with the $10000 price and decide if it should or should not be on their list of drugs.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">On doctor visits, private insurance typically has a negotiated agreement on how much they will pay for what. Medicare makes up their own list of maximum fees. If your treatment is not on Medicare's list, they pay $0. A friend had special conditions for cataract surgery. Medicare would cover all of the costs for the normal procedure, but paid $0 for his procedure. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">These are a couple of reasons I don't support "Medicare for All". <br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, May 10, 2020, 9:50:07 AM PDT, Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
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<div>> IMHO, those who don't like the shelter-in-place rules also would likely not want rules on drug prices.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">It that troll bait or are you confused about the logic. I have no<br clear="none">problem with any price they make up as long as everyone has to pay cash<br clear="none">for it and it is never covered by any government or private third party<br clear="none">payer.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">You know... like let the market decide the price on suites at Giliad and<br clear="none">the FDA.<div class="ydp9e736cb1yqt4964864022" id="ydp9e736cb1yqtfd25887"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> conspire mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">So many immigrant groups have swept through our town<br clear="none">that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological<br clear="none">proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mrbrklyn.com </a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.nylxs.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nylxs.com </a>- Leadership Development in Free Software<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources </a>- Unpublished Archive <br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.coinhangout.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.coinhangout.com </a>- coins!<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.brooklyn-living.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.brooklyn-living.com </a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, <br clear="none">but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013<div class="ydp9e736cb1yqt4964864022" id="ydp9e736cb1yqtfd24548"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div>
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