The science of medicine is to say the least advanced. These days through tests one can be diagnosed quickly and allow doctors
to prescribe the proper medicines to fight the malady. These men and women spend years in college and training to be able to do this. They can then treat us to the best of their ability. There is however one course doctors do not receive in universities. That is the cost of these prescriptions for thier patients.
What is the purpose of running a battery of tests and determining what to prescribe if the person can not afford to buy such medicine? Is it so impossible a task for pharmacry companies not to instruct doctors in advance? What great help it'd be if there existed a price chart from local drug stores for physicians so those of us who lack insurance could get the proper medication. Maybe more use of generics and less dependence on name brands could relieve the problem. The answer is not in lowering prices alone. Nor is it in providing government controlled
prescription costs as the sole solution. What we need is some way for
emergency rooms physicians to fully understand families do exist without protection of any or adequate enough to cover costs of medicine. This is especially true with the elderly and low income.
Only with enough people speaking up will this problem be resolved. Only when some forth coming pharmacy is willing to provide hospital emergency rooms with some type of medical check list will doctors be able to prescribe better. Maybe only when the doctors themselves have to take these high priced medicines themselves for their own families will they think twice before writing a prescription.
The ball is now in their court right now. Hopefully some will take the initiative to think before jotting down a medicine that cost $135.00 for ten pills. Maybe they will learn to find out if the patient has insurance prior to acting first. Just maybe.