• Dave.@aussie.zone
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    20 days ago

    That’s right - the Australian government has bulk purchasing power and that’s a big motivator for pharmaceutical companies. When companies get their medications listed in the PBS, sales in Australia skyrocket.

    There are some very expensive drugs on the PBS simply because it makes financial sense from a cost of care perspective for the government to do so.

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      18 days ago

      Yeah the true power of PBS bulk purchasing is amazing. There’s no way the government pays the advertised full price of my drugs.

      Probably not even a tenth of it. Thanks to PBS I can afford to not die young. Pretty sure the vast majority of Aussies would agree the US should fuck right off before we consider changing it.