Stunned?

I wonder why physicians are so stunned by the price gouging of big pharma? These physicians are the ones constantly whining about malpractice awards causing the cost of medicine to skyrocket. I guess us stupid consumers ought to just shut up & take our medicine like a man. I don't use the "man" word lightly. Check on the differences in care given to men & women. & this is not to mention the difference in care given to minorities. Drug companies & most physicians are two of the three reasons health care is so expensive &, frankly, so lousy in this country. I know this is a somewhat jumbled post, but I get so pissed about doctors & their practiced outrage.

"The increase has stunned doctors, who say it starkly illustrates two trends in the pharmaceutical industry: the soaring price of cancer medicines and the tendency for those prices to have little relation to the cost of developing or making the drugs.

Genentech, for example, has indicated it will effectively double the price of its colon cancer drug Avastin, to about $100,000, when Avastin's use is expanded to breast and lung cancer patients. As with Avastin, nothing about nitrogen mustard is changing but the price.

The increases have caused doctors to question Ovation's motive — and left lymphoma patients wondering how they will afford Mustargen, which is sometimes not covered by insurance, because the drug's label does not indicate that it can be used as an ointment. When given intravenously to treat Hodgkin's disease, its other primary use, the drug is generally covered by insurance."