177 CHEMO HAS A 97% FAILURE RATE. Dr. Peter Glidden: "Chemotherapeutic drugs are the only classification of drugs where the prescribing doctor gets a direct cut. The doctor buys it from the pharmaceutical company for $5,000; he sells it to the patient for $12,000; insurance pays $9,000, doc gets $4,000 (twitter.com) posted 3 days ago by GDZeus 3 days ago by GDZeus +177 / -0 22 comments share 22 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The math doesn’t add up. Let’s count:
Calculation:
$12k sale - $5k purchase = $7k profit! (not $4k)
If the insurance contributes $9k that means another $3k (which is $12k - $9k) is covered by another party (the patient?).