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Coming soon: insurance companies refusing to cover this because efficacy has not been demonstrated and stories of impassioned family members fighting against ev
by deeviant 5y ago
Coming soon: insurance companies refusing to cover this because efficacy has not been demonstrated and stories of impassioned family members fighting against evil insurance companies in order to cover "the medicine their love one desperately needs".
- HarryHirsch 5y agoIt already happened in Britain over cancer medication: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-39711137 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-39711137 You'd predict that in a few years and after a few billions wasted regulators will wake up to the Phase IV results and withdraw approval.
- pessimizer 5y agoThe NHS still does homeopathy. They phased out most of it in 2017, but they still do it.
- aliasEli 5y agoBut i would expect that the cost of these medicines are quite a bit lower. After all water is pretty cheap. Most of them are just placebo's, but then again placebo's really do work.
- PragmaticPulp 5y agoThis drug is primarily targeted at elderly populations, who are eligible for Medicare. The private insurance companies won’t be paying for this one. Taxpayers will.
- borski 5y agoThis is one of those comments I want to bookmark and come back to in a decade. :)
- zamalek 5y ago> impassioned family members Imagine how hopeful these families feel right now. I really hope Derek turns out wrong, but I know it's unlikely that he will.
- pessimizer 5y agoAlso massive funding going from Biogen to Alzheimer's patient support groups.