Comments on: Medical Prescriptions for the Unemployed: Pfizer Does It Right! http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/07/03/medical-prescriptions-for-the-unemployed-pfizer-does-it-right/ advocacy for the job seeker Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marina Martin http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/07/03/medical-prescriptions-for-the-unemployed-pfizer-does-it-right/comment-page-1/#comment-409035 Marina Martin Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:41:25 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2572#comment-409035 I believe all major drug companies have similar programs, and they've had them in place for a long time. I volunteered at a hospital about five years ago and part of my job was helping low-income patients fill out these forms, and there were many companies' forms to choose from. Most would even mail the drugs to your house in 90-day supplies (if not, you'd have to get them from the doctor). I've never thought of drug companies as evil, but that experience really opened my eyes to the fact that people giving them shit about "too-expensive" drugs really had no idea what they were talking about. Not to mention how many billions it takes to develop these drugs in the first place, and how the profit window is so small due to generics. I believe all major drug companies have similar programs, and they’ve had them in place for a long time. I volunteered at a hospital about five years ago and part of my job was helping low-income patients fill out these forms, and there were many companies’ forms to choose from. Most would even mail the drugs to your house in 90-day supplies (if not, you’d have to get them from the doctor).

I’ve never thought of drug companies as evil, but that experience really opened my eyes to the fact that people giving them shit about “too-expensive” drugs really had no idea what they were talking about. Not to mention how many billions it takes to develop these drugs in the first place, and how the profit window is so small due to generics.

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