What could or do you believe will now occur with CVS, big chain pharmacy conglomerate owning one of the major health insurance companies?
Are you aware similar government regulators that have allowed this merger also have regulations that make it difficult for physicians to own and run their own hospitals?
I guess Big Pharma special interests have the ear of politicians better than docs?
Will this improve patient care and reduce costs, or perhaps the opposite, while increasing profits for Big Pharma and Insurers?
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"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." Thomas Jefferson.
I just went to Wikipedia(I know some info can be flawed) and read about CVS. They have a monopoly when it comes to pharmacies. They are huge and untouchable evidently.
I don’t see any possible scenario where this could ever result in better and more cost-effective medications. Nope. Big Pharma and Big Insurance in cahoots - how could this possibly go wrong?
The coal mining companies open a "Company Store" to sell the hardworking miners' needed goods, at an inflated cost. " A Little Bit Of History....Repeating" (Shirley Bassey , the James Bond songstress ages and maintains her golden voice) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2pgcagyRk
Yea I think I remember a time 15+ years ago when most people used to be just alert enough and intelligent enough to see a real problem with something like this..
But then they used companies like Aetna and CVS to guide their personal healthcare decisions, and now health is a corporate app on their smartphone that certifies their immune systems been conquered and compromised.
So they might as well be one in the same in the end. But I get what you're saying.
Totally do not trust big business… They may set it up that it will be much more advantageous to have Aetna as ur insurance company and restrict all other plans!!!
"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." Thomas Jefferson.
I just went to Wikipedia(I know some info can be flawed) and read about CVS. They have a monopoly when it comes to pharmacies. They are huge and untouchable evidently.
I don’t see any possible scenario where this could ever result in better and more cost-effective medications. Nope. Big Pharma and Big Insurance in cahoots - how could this possibly go wrong?
The coal mining companies open a "Company Store" to sell the hardworking miners' needed goods, at an inflated cost. " A Little Bit Of History....Repeating" (Shirley Bassey , the James Bond songstress ages and maintains her golden voice) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2pgcagyRk
Next, they will be telling you "no need for a doctor" just go to your local Big Pharma institution and they will diagnosis you.
No different from the Construction Industry, where a local building dept. tells the Architect or Engineer the right way to construct a project.
First of all CVS is the worse. Secondly this obviously presents a conflict of interest.
Yea I think I remember a time 15+ years ago when most people used to be just alert enough and intelligent enough to see a real problem with something like this..
But then they used companies like Aetna and CVS to guide their personal healthcare decisions, and now health is a corporate app on their smartphone that certifies their immune systems been conquered and compromised.
So they might as well be one in the same in the end. But I get what you're saying.
Totally do not trust big business… They may set it up that it will be much more advantageous to have Aetna as ur insurance company and restrict all other plans!!!
One word….insane.