http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2009/06/24/health-experts-pharma-industry-commitment-good-for-consumers/ Because just enough isn't good enough Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:23:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2009/06/24/health-experts-pharma-industry-commitment-good-for-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-32792 mike connolly Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:43:28 +0000 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/?p=1106#comment-32792 The consumer who enters the donut whole will spend exactly the same amount of TIME in the donut hole. However, the consumer will save from $.50, if the full cost of their Rx is $2,701 (one dollar over the boundary) to $1,650 if the full Rx cost is $6,000.The time remains the same, so they will enter the catastrophic phase at the same time. Should the consumer's full Rx cost place them in the catastrophic phase then they will save $1,726.87, which is 50% of the current (2009) gap dollar amount. They will not enter the catastrophic phase even one day earlier. The consumer who enters the donut whole will spend exactly the same amount of TIME in the donut hole. However, the consumer will save from $.50, if the full cost of their Rx is $2,701 (one dollar over the boundary) to $1,650 if the full Rx cost is $6,000.The time remains the same, so they will enter the catastrophic phase at the same time. Should the consumer’s full Rx cost place them in the catastrophic phase then they will save $1,726.87, which is 50% of the current (2009) gap dollar amount. They will not enter the catastrophic phase even one day earlier.

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