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Unfortunately, there is a big fear of "socialism" in the USA and we can't negotiate prices with insurance or drug companies. We have the capitalistic "free" market where businesses are free to do what they want and this is what they want. I'm shocked too, Amanda, and very discouraged. -----Original Message----- From: A Phillips Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 5:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Cost of medication I was shocked recently reading about the cost of medications in the USA. In England, we have "pre-payment certificates", which basically means you buy a season ticket from the NHS, which then covers the cost of all prescribed medications for the period of the certificate (not over-the-counter medicines). For my last annual certificate I paid £108 ( think it's gone up a bit since). Could you perhaps negotiate something similar with the insurance companies ? After all, they get the money in advance. Amanda Phillips ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn