The administration, together with pharmaceutical manufacturers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, announced an agreement to lower prices and expand access to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) for weight loss for those in the Medicare Part D and Medicaid programs as well as direct-to-consumer (DTC) purchasing.
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Monies forcibly taken from working Americans and gifted to health insurance companies insuring roughly 24 million people who purchased plans under the Affordable Care Act ACA cost an estimated $1.8T in 2023, roughly 7% of the US gross domestic product.
Continue reading 24,000,000 Americans Were Gifted 7% of GDP Equaling $1,800,000,000 In 2023According to Forrester Research, Health Insurance Customer Service is Ranked 15th Out of 19 Industries.
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Imagine you need surgery and you want the best surgeon on the planet. You check in to your local 5 bed community hospital on the south side of the tracks where you seldom venture. After you show proof of financial responsibility and sign your life away you are wheeled into the 240 square foot operating room. You look around. “Where’s the surgeon?” you ask. “Ah, he’s in Rio enjoying a leisure day by his pool. But don’t worry, he’ll be performing the procedure remotely” purrs the reassuring PA.
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