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The US healthcare system is broken... (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The reason all this bullshit exists is because the insurance companies CEOs seem to be heavily invested in PBMs. Companies aren't actually paying their full copay in many places - they have PBMs that basically get a coupon back from the pharma companies effectively meaning PBM's and Pharma corps are teaming up to rob you while the insurance company looks the other way.

pharmacy companies shouldn't be able to charge insurance different rates nor should coupons be allowed. Pharmaceuticals should have 1 listed price all payers pay similar to french laws.
copays for pharmaceuticals need to be capped at like 50% of pill manufacturing cost not the final sale price. Insurance companies need to be incentivized to bring prices down by paying more for marked up items.
Fuck insurance companies. They need to die.