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We finally beat Medicare

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Jun 29, 2024.

  1. okeechobee

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    Just sayin...
     
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  2. okeechobee

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    I was an 8 handicap.
     
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  3. GatorLegend

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    Didn’t he say 6 and then changed to 8? Either way that lie was halarious to anyone who’s seen Biden swing a club!
     
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  4. G8tas

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    OP must be older than I thought
     
  5. cocodrilo

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    I beat Medicare years ago. I have Medicare Advantage.
     
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  6. ThePlayer

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    Biden exceeded his daily expiration period.
    No more debates after 4pm for granpa.
     
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  7. Spurffelbow833

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    Looks like Too Hot needs a Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage thread.
     
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  8. slocala

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    https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-...g-prices-for-the-first-time-heres-what-it-got


    The White House unveiled the fruits of months of negotiations between the government and pharmaceutical companies: new, lower Medicare prices for 10 blockbuster drugs.

    The discounts range from 79% for diabetes drug Januvia to 38% for blood cancer drug Imbruvica.

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    Here are the first 10 drugs that Medicare will target for price cuts

    If the negotiated prices were in effect in 2023, Medicare would have saved $6 billion and beneficiaries would have saved $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs, such as copays at the pharmacy counter. That’s what officials say they expect to save in the first year the prices are in effect.
     
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  9. Gatorrick22

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    Trump had a far better deal lined up, and Biden killed that deal in his first day in office... You Liberals are naive to think this is even close to the deal that Trump had signed as an EO... Trump's Favored Nations Drug EO.


    How Trump’s New ‘Most Favored Nation’ Executive Order Will Reduce Prescription Drug Costs In Medicare Parts B & D

    And here is where Biden killed it...

    Biden Administration Rescinds Controversial Trump-Era Drug Pricing Rule | Law Street Media
     
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  10. slocala

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    Thanks for sharing. Within the article you linked... was this:

    Third Court Puts the Brakes on Trump Administration’s “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Rule – Law Street Media

    The drug companies are not dumb. Their lawyers would have never accepted Trump’s approach. Is Biden’s great? Not terrible not great. It is what is called compromise and an attempt to get a deal.
     
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  11. mdgator05

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    "Deal lined up." What are you even talking about? Your own link states that it was an executive order that was on hold due to a series of injunctions due to a series of suits as the executive order likely violated the law. Who was this "deal" with exactly?
     
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  12. Gatorrick22

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    BS... the court was a Biden court kangaroo court. The only people that did not like Trump plan were the drug companies that bilk the crap out of the American consumers, yet sell cheaply to all other nations of the world.

    But you know that, right, because you stand with the people that just want cheaper less expensive drug prices... right?

    You do want the least expensive prices for all drugs, right? Well, Biden's plan IS NOT THE CHEAPEST PRICES FOR ALL DRUGS.
     
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  13. G8R92

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    Need to check the timeline of the court rulings. By December 30, 2020, three courts had ruled against it.
     
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  14. G8tas

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    Trump's plan was voluntary and was shot down before Biden even became POTUS. Biden's plan is mandatory

    +1 Biden
     
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  15. mdgator05

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    Kenneth Karras was appointed by Bush. How is it a "Biden kangaroo court" on Dec. 30, 2020?
     
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    Never underestimate the man's power.
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  17. slocala

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    Stipulate for a minute that Biden bad man kangaroo court.

    drug companies say to Trump “fine, we are jacking up the costs to all nations and no longer providing vital medications to poor undeveloped countries.”

    most favored nation drug prices are then global free market prices. What does Trump’s plan mean?
     
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    Was it tied in with his super awesome health care plan?
     
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    Was it tied in with his super awesome healthcare plan