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I was taking a drug that the VA told me they paid $1.00
for each pill from the drug co. A friend bot the same
drug from a discount drug store and paid $ 2.40.
Norman E.
Earl Adamy wrote:
>
> The jump in ECI benefit costs should not be a surprise to those buying
> their own health insurance ... I was socked with 40% increase last year
> followed by 44% increase this year ... switched to another plan which
> had "only" 11% increase this year. Employers are screaming about health
> benefit costs. Bottom line is that the HMO/PPO/Insurance companies
> squeezed the doctors and hospitals to cut rates, doctors and hospitals
> have done nothing to increase efficiency, doctors and hospitals are now
> pushing back. Not to mention the US prescription drug costs which are
> rising rapidly and are the highest in the world ... I need only visit a
> pharmacy across the border in Mexico (or Canada for that matter) to see
> the extent to which US consumers are being gouged. Worse yet, the 40+%
> of US population which can not afford healthcare and drug coverage is
> being charged full retail prices for healthcare and drugs - 40%-100%
> higher than the discounted prices paid by HMO/PPO/Insurance companies.
>
> Earl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gwenael Gautier" <ggautier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 6:46 AM
> Subject: [RT] Latest numbers
>
> > Of course todays numbers were strong, what else did we expect? This
> was
> > 99! Remember the Q4 stock market euphoria?
> >
> > I venture to think these are the peak growth numbers, from here on
> they
> > should cool of. However for inflation, of course this will keep
> feeding
> > through, I suppose. So the next numbers might be further inflationary
> > but less growth. Not what the Fed ordered. Maybe after we'll have a
> 50bp
> > hike now, as time is running out to do something significant before
> > elections get into full speed.
> >
> > thinking out loud
> >
> > Gwenn
> >
> >
> >
> >
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