I’ve literally been to doctors that ask me what drug I want because so many patients see these commercials and request drugs by name. The culture of commercialized medicine has not led to better outcomes.https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1192525386569199617 …
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I’m a nurse practitioner in primary care. Many of my patients’ insurance plans do not cover/prefer these tv-advertised fancy namebrand drugs. It’s mind boggling how much money is wasted on these ads when it could be used to make drugs more affordable. I usually prescribe generics
Something to point out is that a lot of our drugs on the market are subsidized by the public. These RX companies can afford the R&D themselves but they just refuse to afford it to increase profits. And sadly enough we don’t reap the benefits of an investor dividend.
