US names first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiation
US names first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiation
The Biden administration released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers 66 million people, with big-selling blood thinner Eliquis from Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer among them.
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The drugs selected to undergo negotiations are:
- Eliquis, a blood thinner
- Xarelto, a blood thinner
- Januvia, a diabetes drug
- Jardiance, a diabetes drug
- Enbrel, a rheumatoid arthritis drug
- Imbruvica, a drug for blood cancers
- Farxiga, a drug for diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease
- Entresto, a heart failure drug
- Stelara, a drug for psoriasis and Crohn's disease
- Fiasp and NovoLog, for diabetes
(via NBC)
So just for fucking boomers again fuck us young people.
I don’t understand. What would be in the Millennial or Gen Z drug list?
I couldn't say for certain, but perhaps fewer to treat congestive heart disease and other coronary ailments
Other people getting less stuff doesn’t help you though. I wish more drugs were included, but I don’t wish there were fewer drugs covered. I suspect that almost any disease a younger person has, an older person is even more likely to have it.
Isn't Medicare mostly boomers in the first place, or am I wrong?
Yes. I think they looked at the top prescription drug costs, including volume, and took aim at the ones where discounts would save the most.
Medicare is for old people, what did you expect?
Yep, the same 'boot strap' boomers. Even today, being given everything on a fucking silver platter so they can claim younger generations have it so easy and are lazy compared to struggles they grew up with like affordable housing, 1 income households, cheap or free higher education, strong labor unions, etc.