I feel like we need to push for new legislation that would allow us to make our own purchasing decisions and save our own lives or not. Like the Right to Try act does for cancer patients. IMO the grey market will save more lives than harm people. Though a few could be harmed, it is our own risk and choice to try.
I can't. As soon as someone starts spouting political opinions that I find unsavory, misogynistic, or cruel, I hit ignore cause I play on the internet for fun and no way am I gonna read that sh when nobody's paying me to do it.
Love the signature 🤣
I almost didn't, cause bro had mentioned some mental health issues in his intro thread and I try not to make comedy out of someone who's struggling, but his kiss-off made me lol too hard to pass up.
Back before GLPs, when I was quite the foodie, I would buy tamales from the folks selling them out of a car outside the grocery store. Was it more risky? Absolutely! But if I got sick from it, nobody got bent out of shape. They would just be like, "Well, you bought tamales from a random car... what did you expect?"
I've done this! And bought delicious coconut Popsicles out of old washing machines on rusty trailers. 👍
You tell them, don't tread on me!
You're assuming people even went that route? I never tried name brand or compounded. Straight to grey. Who in the hell wants to wait on dr's appointments with the hopes of your insurer covering it and after months of waiting for approval you could be down 30 pounds during those months. No thank you!
I do not promote grey IRL, and will never do it. I tell ppl go through their insurance, and they all got approved bc of their various conditions within 2-3 days from doc's appointment to box in their fridge. They all pay less than $40/month for name brand.
This man.. once you see the grey prices... you literally CAN NOT go back! Thanks for the post!
That is literally $20 (or cheaper) for 20 mg... depending on source.. it's disgusting the jack up cost on the pens... holy man..
we all do, mate... until you dig hard enough and "find your way" to Grey... 😆
Once again you make a lot of assumptions
Same, I was prescribed Mounjourno when my A1C had me at type 2 and it was somewhat reasonable. However when my blood sugar fell, I was only able to get zepbound at $600 a month. Which was the same price as 3 months of the compounded.
Insane right? I asked insurer on appeal, if my blood pressure became normal after taking a blood pressure medication, do you then stop paying for the patients blood pressure medication? I hate this country's health care system. Profit over people.
My last 3 month prescription with my Blue Cross advantage plan for Ozempic was over $1,000. Even the pharmacist at Costco Was shocked. US taxes are high, wanting to get something for our money other than White House UFC fights, and ICE paroling our cities carrying machine guns, is not hating our country. It's wanting our taxes spent on the people, not the billionaires. The person that is brainwashed is the one that FOX has convinced that everyone in the EU are waiting years for treatment. Have you noticed that every first world country on earth has Universal Healthcare except the US, and not one of them have gone back to the old broken system that the AMA and big pharma has forced on US citizens?
I've learned a lot more about other countries healthcare systems from this forum than I expected to. I still think the American system sucks, and I still think it's the best.
Sadly by most objective measures this is very much so not true. For most important health metrics, despite having the most expensive health care system on earth by a long way, The US is well behind most other western nations in life expectancy, maternal mortality, infant mortality, and obviously equitable access to healthcare. Going bankrupt from getting sick is just not a thing in most other western nations.
I agree it’s the best in some regards. I have had, and some in my family, serious medical events or conditions. I feel like we have some of the best here in the world. But how the country monetizes the industry leads to absurd results where the some medicine costs 10 times more here than other countries.
