Very interesting and illuminating. Some of this seems very overblown though. They kept saying things like “even people with good insurance struggle with the high cost of asthma medication”. I dunno about that. I have really shit insurance, but I can still get an entire year’s worth of what I need for less than 200 bucks… Which I still don’t pay, because I have an FSA lol.
I’m just wondering how these “great” insurance plans fail so hard when my high deductible, bare bones one seems to manage this feat.
I’m on an Advair puffer, Singulair tablets and have a ProAir rescue inhaler. My 3-month supply runs me $150 through an Express Scripts plan. I take Patanase nasal spray, but not that often since it goes for $46 per refill. Starting next month, they are discontinuing Advair so I’ll have to go on something else.
I really save a lot through the plan, my Advair was $86 for 30 days. This is really the only thing that I take so I can’t complain and I rarely have any severe attacks. I still think it should be a lot cheaper than it is. If anything, the ACA should be putting caps on how much they can charge for some of these medications.
Rob
The Headline of this thread should actually be Pharmaceutical $$…You’re preaching to the
choir here, but these ‘reminder’ articles on how Big Pharma practically runs the world,
heavily influences politics and there’s NOTHING you can do about it are always good
to post once in a while…nothing new under the Sun.
I’m glad I cured myself of asthma so I don’t need to worry about medications anymore.
The funny thing is that when I was at the doctor a few years ago he looked at my record and asked about how my asthma was and I said I hadn’t used my inhaler or advair for several years. You would think he would have questioned me further about it but he simply moved on to the next question.
My boy’s asthma treatments ran $300 per month until recently. Fortunately, he is growing out of it and only needs occasional rather than daily treatment now.
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
I’m glad I cured myself of asthma so I don’t need to worry about medications anymore.
The funny thing is that when I was at the doctor a few years ago he looked at my record and asked about how my asthma was and I said I hadn’t used my inhaler or advair for several years. You would think he would have questioned me further about it but he simply moved on to the next question. [/quote]
Did you want someone here to question you further about it?
lol
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
I’m glad I cured myself of asthma so I don’t need to worry about medications anymore.
The funny thing is that when I was at the doctor a few years ago he looked at my record and asked about how my asthma was and I said I hadn’t used my inhaler or advair for several years. You would think he would have questioned me further about it but he simply moved on to the next question. [/quote]
That is because you actually finally got some hair on your balls.
Most childhood asthma goes away during early adult years. Strangely enough high percentage then become symptomatic again when they get into later adulthood.
I had trouble breathing last year. Unable to take deep breaths sort of thing.
I saw a doctor and she said it was asthma. I was shocked. I did go see another doctor and he said it was sinusitis and bronchitis and medicated me and I’m fine.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
I’m glad I cured myself of asthma so I don’t need to worry about medications anymore.
The funny thing is that when I was at the doctor a few years ago he looked at my record and asked about how my asthma was and I said I hadn’t used my inhaler or advair for several years. You would think he would have questioned me further about it but he simply moved on to the next question. [/quote]
That is because you actually finally got some hair on your balls.
Most childhood asthma goes away during early adult years. Strangely enough high percentage then become symptomatic again when they get into later adulthood. [/quote]
No, it was adult onset asthma. My ball hair had hair.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
I’m glad I cured myself of asthma so I don’t need to worry about medications anymore.
The funny thing is that when I was at the doctor a few years ago he looked at my record and asked about how my asthma was and I said I hadn’t used my inhaler or advair for several years. You would think he would have questioned me further about it but he simply moved on to the next question. [/quote]
Did you want someone here to question you further about it?
lol[/quote]
I would have thought a doctor, a healer, would be interested to know how someone was healed. As far as this place goes, I won’t give out my cure for free.
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
I’m glad I cured myself of asthma so I don’t need to worry about medications anymore.
The funny thing is that when I was at the doctor a few years ago he looked at my record and asked about how my asthma was and I said I hadn’t used my inhaler or advair for several years. You would think he would have questioned me further about it but he simply moved on to the next question. [/quote]
That is because you actually finally got some hair on your balls.
Most childhood asthma goes away during early adult years. Strangely enough high percentage then become symptomatic again when they get into later adulthood. [/quote]
No, it was adult onset asthma. My ball hair had hair. [/quote]
Fair enough.
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
I’m glad I cured myself of asthma so I don’t need to worry about medications anymore.
The funny thing is that when I was at the doctor a few years ago he looked at my record and asked about how my asthma was and I said I hadn’t used my inhaler or advair for several years. You would think he would have questioned me further about it but he simply moved on to the next question. [/quote]
Did you want someone here to question you further about it?
lol[/quote]
I would have thought a doctor, a healer, would be interested to know how someone was healed. As far as this place goes, I won’t give out my cure for free. [/quote]
No cause the Doctor would think you are full of shit and not really care.
Welcome to Obamacare in America people.