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why is this legal? there should be one price no matter who is buying. This would be like charging a certain demographic a different price for food or gasoline.
by solotronics 9y ago
why is this legal? there should be one price no matter who is buying. This would be like charging a certain demographic a different price for food or gasoline.
- refurb 9y agoBut remember who the payer is for drugs, it's generally the insurance company not the patient. Insurance companies negotiate different costs to n behalf of their members. If you don't have insurance you just default to the list price. However that is changing. I can't remember the company, but one pharmacy is starting a cash pay discount program.
- joshuas 9y agoRestaurants pay less for meat than you and I do. Trucking companies pay less for diesel than you or I would.
- late2part 9y agoyou do realize that different demographics pay different prices, right? Buy food at whole foods v. k-mart. Buy spices in this department or that ethnic department. Buy gasoline in Marin, California, or Topeka, KS.