Saturday, November 5, 2011

Should prescription drugs be insured?

Drugs are so expensive these days that it is getting that only the rich can afford them.

I recently spent over 200 dollars for a small tube of ointment at a pharmacy.  I asked the pharmacist for the generic, and she said, "That is the generic."

I used to think that insurance for prescription drugs was unnecessary.  Now I am starting to argue that it is.  The following presentation from slideshare gives my reasoning.

Why insure health care?

Many people who argue against Obamacare don't know what they are talking about.  The same is equally true for those that argue for it.

To inform those individuals and anyone else who may care, I have developed the following slides which ask the question, "Why insure health care?"