Episode 3: Cost Plus Drugs...Get Your Medications At Manufacturers Cost

Send us Fan MailMeet Jaqueline G. Austin Texas:“My name is Jacqueline and I’m a 19-year-old college student from Austin, Texas. Last year, I was diagnosed with Ankylosing (Ankielosing) Spondylitis, an autoimmune disorder that primarily affects my spine and has spread to most of my major joints. Without expensive biologic medications, my spine could fuse and leave me unable to walk by the time I’m out of school. I’ve tried three different biologics and have had to pay incredibly high prices for all of them, even when they haven’t helped my condition. I live in constant worry about how I will be able to afford my expensive medications, my tuition, my rent, and my groceries at the same time.”In this episode, we are going to discuss briefly what are a few of the issues resulting in the outrageous pricing for prescription medications, and then we are going to talk about a solution with Cost Plus Drugs.Prescription drug prices are out of control.  Drug corporations have the monopoly on pricing power…spending billions to get the laws and regulating that benefit them and not you.  What You Will Learn:The Issues: What is causing the exorbitant costs for prescription drug costs.The Solution: Cost Plus Drugs - Get Your Medications at a Discount.Cost Plus Drugs: How It Works For You.Resources:Meet the Genius Who Convinced Mark Cuban To Sell DrugsJohn Arnold: Are pharmacy benefit managers the good guys or bad guys of drug pricing?Entrepreneur Mark Cuban joined CBS News to discuss his new low-cost online...VideoPrescription drugs are too expensive for many Americans. These companies are...Support the show