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Originally Posted by kiwi33
Caroline, $US100K sounds very expensive for prescription drugs to me.
Here most prescription drugs are covered by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. The PBS is part of Medicare (not the same as the US system with the same name). Medicare applies to all citizens and permanent residents - it is similar to the NHS in the UK.
Generally, a drug which is on the PBS list costs no more than about $A40 per prescription (less if you are a pensioner).
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There were times when she would tell me about a new MS drug and it cost like $25K and the fights with insurance companies would go on and on.
Over the lifetime of her disease, $100'sK was dished out to pharma drugs. $100K is probably low in the 30 some yrs of all drugs she was prescribed. Remember this is the U.S. J