New healthcare thread (part II)

[Huckleberry]

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2838335#:~:text=Conclusions%20and%20Relevance%20In%20this,confirmation%20in%20larger%2C%20multicentric%20trials

That's very encouraging news!

 

[Bazza]

Got a 2nd KENALOG 10 MG injection for my thumb and one for my left hand ring finger today.

Left thumb was crazy numb!

This is much easier than surgery!

BTW....my hand doctor mentioned the insurance stuff was getting really hard to deal with. Way too complicated than need be.

Not mine I don't think - but I guess others she has to deal with. Or maybe it could have been mine too.... 🤷‍♂️

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Got a 2nd KENALOG 10 MG injection for my thumb and one for my left hand ring finger today.

Left thumb was crazy numb!

This is much easier than surgery!

BTW....my hand doctor mentioned the insurance stuff was getting really hard to deal with. Way too complicated than need be.

Not mine I don't think - but I guess others she has to deal with. Or maybe it could have been mine too.... 🤷‍♂️

Insurance companies are the real evil ones.

 

[Bazza]

Insurance companies are the real evil ones.

Her comment was only made when I opened the door asking her if she still enjoyed her job.

She said she really enjoyed her patients but dealing with insurance was frustrating. Paraphrasing....all I want to do is fix the problems. But they make it SOOO complicated.

It only took 5 minutes for the injections, some of which was diagnostics.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

White House weighs creating ‘TrumpRx’ website to buy meds directly from pharma firms

The plan is reportedly part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to force top drugmakers to slash their U.S. prices in line with what they charge in other developed nations

www.independent.co.uk

The Trump administration is considering setting up a government-run website that would help Americans buy cheaper medications directly from pharmaceutical companies, according to reports.

Inside sources told Bloomberg News that the website would let users search for specific drugs and then connect them with manufacturers, allowing them to pay out of pocket at a discounted price.

One name reportedly being considered for the website was "TrumpRx", although the plans are still under discussion.


It comes after the White House sent letters to 17 major drugmakers giving them until September 29 to expand their direct-to-consumer options and slash drug prices in line with other developed nations, while raising prices abroad to compensate.

The skeptic in me knows that our government is incapable of doing anything on time and on budget. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if this turned into the same disaster Obamacare did.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

 

[jthomas666]

Got a 2nd KENALOG 10 MG injection for my thumb and one for my left hand ring finger today.

Left thumb was crazy numb!

This is much easier than surgery!

BTW....my hand doctor mentioned the insurance stuff was getting really hard to deal with. Way too complicated than need be.

Not mine I don't think - but I guess others she has to deal with. Or maybe it could have been mine too.... 🤷‍♂️

Last fall I was having bad back spasms. My ortho sent me to a pain clinic, and I got a nerve block injection. Haven't had much problem with my lower back since.

My neck is a different situation, but that's not yet to the point of requiring medical intervention.