https://old.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/1gzhsdc/my_sons_new_prescription_medicine_eob/
It's also fun when your doc has to argue with insurance to actually pay for it. Or when they decide at 18yo you are miraculously cured of ADHD AND there's no way the same drug can treat anything else, so they won't pay for it.
Just to add on here, I have cystic fibrosis and I take a drug that "costs" $400k+ per year, and I will be taking it for the rest of my life. Argentina produces a version through an obscure patent law loophole they found for like $10k. It's all absurd and fucked.
The whole US healthcare system feels like a scam. No, this drug obviously doesn't cost $40k. Fuck off
In a decent world, this would be considered something part of an outlandishly unbelievable horror story, medicine necessary to treat a genetic disorder costing tens of thousands
Hey now, you forgot to pass this through some convoluted rigmarole so you can actually apply it to your deductible.
US GDP is 28 trillion, total wages are 10.5 trillion. You do the math on what the difference means.
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