Health Care in the Lakes Region

[belly_button_biter]

Originally Posted by Lucky1

I am trying to understand this but do not know why you have no health insurance? I do have health insurance so have not been in your shoes.and Have had good luck here in the lakes region the few times I have needed anything (like a tetanus shot when I scraped my heal on a piece of rusty metal.) I also had a nasty bout with poison ivy a different time.
Hope this situation works out for you and that you are able to find a way to have health care for sure. Do you live in the lakes region all year?

I had insurance but when I switched it over to an auto pay system with my bank there was a glitch in the system. The third time that they charged a late fee I dropped them. I thought for sure it would be easy to get another company. When the new company interviewed me over the phone, they asked if I had used marijuana with in the past 5 years. I answered truthfully. A few days later I got the rejection notice in the mail. I paid for insurance for 23 years and never made a claim.

[CGI3]

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I am trying to understand this but do not know why you have no health insurance? I do have health insurance so have not been in your shoes.and Have had good luck here in the lakes region the few times I have needed anything (like a tetanus shot when I scraped my heal on a piece of rusty metal.) I also had a nasty bout with poison ivy a different time.
Hope this situation works out for you and that you are able to find a way to have health care for sure. Do you live in the lakes region all year?

You don't understand why he does not have health insurance?? Not all can afford health insurance. 500.00 per month for me, 80% coverage, 2500.00 deductible. I step on a rusty nail, a little hydrogen paroxide, a band aid, and I'm good to go. Something obviously has to be done to make insurance affordable to all.

[fatnoah]

The cost for 30 pills? $9,000. Yes, great healthcare system...

My wife works in a regulartory compliance role for a drug manufacturer that specializes in rare diseases, such as things that only a few thousand people have worldwide. Don't get me wrong, these companies are out to make money, but they are made up of people dedicated to curing these illnesses.

Unfortunately, drugs are very expensive to develop. In addition to scientists, companies have teams of lawyers and other regulatory specialists to ensure the companies don't run afoul of FDA regulations that govern every possible aspect of creating and marketing drugs, right down to the punctuation in an ad.

One of the drugs my wife works on showed promise in treating adult leukemia. After over $100 million spent on mandated studies, the FDA panel decided in a 7-5 vote that more studies were needed. Cost of additional studies: roughly $40 million.

The system is broken, that's for sure, but it's the WHOLE system, not just hostpitals or insurance companies.

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by fatnoah

My wife works in a regulartory compliance role for a drug manufacturer that specializes in rare diseases, such as things that only a few thousand people have worldwide. Don't get me wrong, these companies are out to make money, but they are made up of people dedicated to curing these illnesses.

Unfortunately, drugs are very expensive to develop. In addition to scientists, companies have teams of lawyers and other regulatory specialists to ensure the companies don't run afoul of FDA regulations that govern every possible aspect of creating and marketing drugs, right down to the punctuation in an ad.

One of the drugs my wife works on showed promise in treating adult leukemia. After over $100 million spent on mandated studies, the FDA panel decided in a 7-5 vote that more studies were needed. Cost of additional studies: roughly $40 million.

The system is broken, that's for sure, but it's the WHOLE system, not just hostpitals or insurance companies.

Fatnoah, I could not have said it better myself. I am also employed by a major pharmaceutical company. At my location, we make a couple drugs that have a very limited market. Millions were spent on R & D, getting the necessary approvals, and we still spend millions to make the product. Does the company make $$? Of course they do. But it isn't at a huge profit, as some would like to believe.