Top 10 drugs for Medicare Part D spending in 2019. The list and the $ amounts are worrisome:
1 is used for a cancer that's 1% of all cancers.
2 are expensive blood thinners more convenient, but only marginally better than older drugs.
4 are diabetes drugs.
1 is used for a cancer that's 1% of all cancers.
2 are expensive blood thinners more convenient, but only marginally better than older drugs.
4 are diabetes drugs.
Insulins should not be on that list. It's 2021.
A drug that's a cousin I thalidomide, that has been used for over 15 years to treat a cancer that's only 1% of all cancers should not be on the list.
I don't think new oral blood thinners should be so highly priced.
A drug that's a cousin I thalidomide, that has been used for over 15 years to treat a cancer that's only 1% of all cancers should not be on the list.
I don't think new oral blood thinners should be so highly priced.
Medicare does get back some money back for these drugs as rebates so we don't know the exact dollar amount which Medicare actually spends. But the spending is high regardless.
Of course all of the drugs are single source: monopoly, with only one manufacturer making each drug. They dictate the price coz Medicare cannot negotiate.
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