Comments on: Community Health Plans Are Serious: Support Major Federal Action to Reduce Rx Drug Costs https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2021/06/17/community-health-plans-are-serious-support-major-federal-action-to-reduce-rx-drug-costs/ Everything you always wanted to know about the Health Care system. But were afraid to ask. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 By: matthew holt https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2021/06/17/community-health-plans-are-serious-support-major-federal-action-to-reduce-rx-drug-costs/#comment-1202916 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:30:22 +0000 https://thehealthcareblog.com/?p=100500#comment-1202916 The weaponization of the patent system is way out of control. Humira is exhibit A. Should have had a generic competitor 5 years ago, but instead it costs $20 billion a year!

]]> By: Pedro https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2021/06/17/community-health-plans-are-serious-support-major-federal-action-to-reduce-rx-drug-costs/#comment-1202905 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:39:30 +0000 https://thehealthcareblog.com/?p=100500#comment-1202905 Drug executives are LIARS. They say we need high prices to fund cutting edge R&D. See the link to Katie Porter’s Whiteboard lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7axjk-9poKc

We must remember that corporations are shielded from market reforms because politicians own stock in these companies, get their friends and relatives jobs there, and are politically funded by them.

We live in a Kleptocracy.

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