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JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  gestures wildly toward Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We just call then pharmacy benefit managers in the US, and they have a special exemption to take kickbacks legally

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    • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      PBS isn’t about kickbacks, it’s just lower price Medicine. Trump specifically hates our PBS since it ‘hurts American pharmaceutical companies’ yet the actual US pharma companies love it, since it’s a reliable customer - lens.monash.edu/big-pharma-loves-the-pbs-so-why-w…

      You can see the prices we pay for medicines- www.pbs.gov.au/healthpro/explanatory-notes/…/fee

      For most medicines in Australia, it’s $25, or $7.70 if you have a concession card (HCC/DVA Gold/RHCA), Pharmacies get a set dispense fee (unless it’s a dangerous medicine or needs to be compounded, which just add extra set fees) and the Pharma company gets a fixed negotiated amount paid from taxes.

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• chunes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wish they did

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They even want federal healthcare for everyone!

  Imagine believing this.

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