Is Your Doctor Getting Kickbacks from the Pharmaceutical Companies?

QuickSilver said:
Absolutely... And with a Single payor system, that is would be able to purchase medications in bulk at bulk rate prices, there would be no need for kickbacks or payoffs... seems logical to me..
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Exactly, that would be a solution, QS.

BTW, some people talk about being delicate, they don't seem to be too delicate to make digs at others!
 
AZ Jim said:
I notice it seems to be those of the republican persuasion who seem the most easily "offended".
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Don't understand what was so offensive.... I brought up a possible solution to a problem.. Doctors taking kickbacks from Drug companies probalby DOES belong here rather than in health.. It has nothing to do with "health" but more to do with a problem in our economic and political system.. Didn't mean to get anyone upset..
 
My docs have never pushed prescription drugs on me, and prescribe generics when available. Maybe I am naive, but I wonder if overprescribing is as widespread as many believe.

I take particular issue with those who are convinced that doctors prescribe heavy pain meds right and left and who want to make it harder for people with real pain to get the pain relief they need. Most of those who scream about overprescribing pain medications have never been in REAL pain in their lives.
 
Oh yeah the prescriptions are way over priced, even some generics!!! I always have to get Generic cause that is all insurance will pay for and before they pay anything , we have to have the deductibles paid first and let me tell you , I stopped some meds because I had to pay over 300 bucks for 1!!! Yes generic! And my cholesterol one was 250................ so....................it isn't bad after deductibles are paid and they start paying , but it is getting that point!
My sister fell and broke her pelvis a few weeks ago and the Dr would not give her any pain meds at all, he said he don't like to prescribe them well excuse me !!! But lets see him walk around with a broken pelvis and she has polio on top of that! He was a young arrogant goof in the ER.................She had to wait to get into her own DR....he was away.
What made this all bad was the stupid kids out there over dosing on everything and trying to mix and match their own concoction to get a high. Well ya know what they are gonna get them anyway you look at it,,,,,,so why indeed do those who really need the pain meds have to suffer? Because the Drs don't want to get in trouble for prescribing pills....and the insurance companies do give them a hard time about it which sickens me.
 
Bottom line is "it is all about the money" and greed. t is the "shrinks" that should be monitored more heavily. Most people don't truly that mind altering garbage. Some people do , and those that do are being or should be monitored by a family member or the family dr
 

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