The same thing applied to Mike's pill (listen to the latest podcast episode) that's 3 drugs combined in a single pill. To the system as a whole, it would be better for people to be prescribed the three individual drugs. But by combining the 3 drugs into a single pill that's patented separately, and then incentivizing people to get the more expensive combined drug by giving a nice coupon, the drug company makes more money than they would on the three separate drugs that are just as effective. And there's that perverse incentive to Mike to choose that drug: with the benefit of the coupon, it's cheaper for Mike personally to purchase the drug that's actually more expensive to the healthcare system as a whole.Statistics: Posted by Tahlvin — Mon May 01, 2017 3:49 pm
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