Prescription drug price markups

I read with great interest LaVerne Fieseler’s trouble with Medicare (5/7, Letters). As a pharmacist, I would question the physician’s price of Procrit: $1,280 per week. This drug can be purchased, by a wholesaler, for less than $600 per week. So why such a large markup for a life-sustaining drug?

While Medicare may not reimburse a truly fair amount, physicians have too long overcharged for medications they administer in their office.

Eric McKinnon
Shawnee

Comments

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

Greed is always a catalyst, they can get away with it is another. Just like scum bottomfeeding lawyers that look for every angle to sue a physician simply for sake of a dollar. We have lost our sense of decency. Physicians and lawyers also forget their oath of ethics for their professions.
There are scoundrels in all industires and government that take advantage. It is really pathetic. I feel for these individuals require these drugs to live.
Obama will not fix this either, he claims he will but he can't and he won't. I will bet on it.