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| DATE | 2005-04-29 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Rx Ripoff
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No
They charge $5.00 for the administration of the correct drug to a patient
in a hospital.
The hospital is not the business of selling aspirin. That would be CVS
Ruben
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 02:49:11PM -0400, Michael L. Richardson wrote:
> When I worked at Downstate the hospital phramacy charged (five
> dollars) $5.00 for one (1) asprin.
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 2:16 pm, Dave_att wrote:
> >
> >DITTO!
> >
> >this is obviously a smear campaign against the pharmaceutical
> >industrty. A pharmacist knows his business depends on his customers.
> >would they chance ruining their business by overcharging on a non
> >generic medication? It makes no sense.
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >From: Ron Guerin
> >> Michael L. Richardson wrote:
> >>
> >> > I don't know how true this is.
> >>
> >> I wouldn't put too much stock in it, for if it comes from a budget
> >> analyst for the Dept. of Commerce, then she knows she's prepared a
> >> deliberately misleading report that opens with a scandalous chart
> >>about
> >> non-generic drugs and then goes on to complain about the cost of the
> >> generics.
> >>
> >> The cost of the non-generics, which is what she's trying to enrage
> >> people with has little to nothing to do with the cost of the active
> >> ingredient itself, and everything to do with the cost of discovering/
> >> creating the drug, testing it, and accounting for potential liability.
> >>
> >> I have little doubt we're being ripped off, but this piece is garbage.
> >>
> >> - Ron
> >>
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