(08-11-2022, 09:14 PM)EricC85 Wrote:

(08-11-2022, 08:55 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: The insulin thing has been an issue for years and the government has been trying to find a way to bring down the cost and I can't say that I disagree. Insulin is medically necessary, not expensive to make, and people can die without it. Type 1 diabetes can't be controlled by diet and those folks, specifically low income and senior citizens, should not have to choose between that and a tank of gas or to get groceries.

I have a huge bone to pick with big pharma though so almost anything to bring them down a peg is fine by me.

I don't disagree that insulin cost are ridiculous. I just lost my father in law last year to a life long battle with diabetes. The problem is who decides what medicine is worthy of subsidies? Why not cancer treatments? Why not influenza treatments more people die from the flu then anything else every year? How about chronic headaches my wife suffers from horrible headaches that wipe her out days on end. Why not birth control? Why not pregnancies? What about kids should we really deny any child any medical treatment? 

That's my point the supposed champion of modern day conservatism makes the best case for completely socialized medicine with his actions. 

I'm not even arguing for or against it, just pointing out the reality of what and who Trump is.

The IRA does not offer a government subsidy for insulin.  It simply caps the out of pocket cost if you buy insulin through private insurance.  The cost is reduced for people with diabetes and increased for everyone else who buys private insurance.  Similar to how other out of pocket costs such as birth control are already capped.  For cancer drugs, those are subject to a specific loss ratio now, also a regulation that redistributed more cost away from the patient and towards other subscribers.  But again, not truly a subsidy.

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