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(MSN)   Alabama farmer secretly paid 100 dollars each month to help cover the cost of prescription medications for town-folk. Subby was looking for some major snark here, but it just got really dusty   (msn.com) divider line
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Bob_Laublaw [TotalFark]
2023-01-20 11:58:18 AM  
Americans pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs

The land of opportunity for health insurers, where the streets are paved with gold for pharmaceutical companies
 
rickmaze [TotalFark]
2023-01-20 12:07:17 PM  
there are lots of good people in the world. we don't always see them. they are quite, proud and honest.
 
Somaticasual [TotalFark]
2023-01-20 1:01:18 PM  
Sad that it's needed, but definitely a good deed on an ongoing basis....
 
mongbiohazard
2023-01-20 1:11:36 PM  
Oh yay! Another story of American dystopia re-framed as a heartwarming tale to paper over something uniquely bad for a developed nation like us. Something which is only bad so that already rich people can be slightly richer, as is the norm here.

How fun. We never see those, ever.
 
OccamsWhiskers
2023-01-20 1:11:49 PM  
I saw this headline earlier, and assumed that there'd be MUCH more than $100/month involved. That doesn't even cover a single "US expensive" prescription. $100 per day is not unheard of.
 
New Rising Sun
2023-01-20 1:13:38 PM  

mongbiohazard: Oh yay! Another story of American dystopia re-framed as a heartwarming tale to paper over something uniquely bad for a developed nation like us. Something which is only bad so that already rich people can be slightly richer, as is the norm here.

How fun. We never see those, ever.


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MillionDollarMo
2023-01-20 1:14:06 PM  
How does paying an Alabama farmer $100 every month help cover prescriptions?
 
dmacaroon
2023-01-20 1:14:12 PM  
So three minimal paragraphs on a good soul followed by more paragraphs as a condemnation of our pharma system. Sounds about right as I am a victim of that system even with 'good' insurance.

However I opened up that article wanting to read about a good man who stayed on the down low and an owner who kept his word on not saying anything.

Hopefully that owner isn't now spending those $100 bills and actually did what the donator intended it to be for.

Good God - I am jaded....
 
SBinRR [OhFark]
2023-01-20 1:14:26 PM  
Don't worry Subby. Farkers will cover the snark angle early and often.
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2023-01-20 1:15:35 PM  
I'm afraid that won't be enough.

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Begoggle
2023-01-20 1:17:11 PM  
So inspirational!
Like when kids with cancer sell lemonade to pay to keep from dying.
 
New Rising Sun
2023-01-20 1:18:54 PM  

OccamsWhiskers: I saw this headline earlier, and assumed that there'd be MUCH more than $100/month involved. That doesn't even cover a single "US expensive" prescription. $100 per day is not unheard of.


Reading between the lines of a quote from the article:

"Over the years, those $100 bills began to add up to thousands of dollars for patients without insurance or under-insured customers whose insurance did not adequately cover the cost of their medication, according to Ms Walker."


...it sounds like the pharmacist was saving the cash and using it as a discretionary fund to dip into to help patients who showed up, learned the price of their prescription and were like "uh, yeah, I guess I won't take that Rx after all".  Then she could be like "hold on, I think I have a manufacturer coupon around here or something" and simply tell them that made the price something affordable when in reality this guy's cash were making up the difference.

If that's how it worked, then she was exceedingly honest in stockpiling this guy's thousands of dollars in cash and only using it for its intended purpose.
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-01-20 1:20:31 PM  
... sooooo, $100 wasn't a typo.
 
Ketchuponsteak
2023-01-20 1:22:08 PM  

Begoggle: So inspirational!
Like when kids with cancer sell lemonade to pay to keep from dying.


Yeah, I don't really get what OP is blubbering about either.

USA as a nation is rich enough for this not to be necessary.
 
Snapper Carr
2023-01-20 1:23:30 PM  
Here's your snark

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oopsboom
2023-01-20 1:25:07 PM  
3 thoughts here...

1. 

New Rising Sun: If that's how it worked, then she was exceedingly honest in stockpiling this guy's thousands of dollars in cash and only using it for its intended purpose.


this.  i'm shocked the pharmacist wasnt just like "thanks bro" and pocketing the cash.

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MillionDollarMo: How does paying an Alabama farmer $100 every month help cover prescriptions?


yep, the real buried lede here is that a single family farm in AL was somehow profitable enough to give $100 in charity to a pharmacy

3. New Rising Sun: mongbiohazard: Oh yay! Another story of American dystopia re-framed as a heartwarming tale to paper over something uniquely bad for a developed nation like us. Something which is only bad so that already rich people can be slightly richer, as is the norm here.

this.  always this.
 
abhorrent1
2023-01-20 1:29:49 PM  
"I kept my word of not telling anyone, even the family. Eventually, I did start taking a little money here, a little money there, just to help people who were struggling."

This line confuses me. Is she saying she was keeping the money for herself until she decided to start using some of it to help people?
 
hammettman
2023-01-20 1:31:13 PM  
Another farmer who donated amenities like housing, hospitals, etc.. in communities of the poor.

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Perhaps rich people do this in an attempt to cleanse their souls, or they feel actual compassion for their fellow citizens.  And whatever the source of their wealth, be it peanut or coca farming, the ultimate reason they donate is because a number of government are corrupt, broken or just don't want to address the needs of their citizens.
 
Turbo Cojones
2023-01-20 1:32:16 PM  

OccamsWhiskers: I saw this headline earlier, and assumed that there'd be MUCH more than $100/month involved. That doesn't even cover a single "US expensive" prescription. $100 per day is not unheard of.


$100 is the DEDUCTIBLE on some scrips.
 
groppet
2023-01-20 1:33:08 PM  
Good on him for doing it, wish we had more good people like him out there. There probably is but we never hear their stories until they are dead and they are usually just good, humble people that don't seek recognition for a kind deed. I hope the people of the US start to demand better but there is that large percent of the population that would hate to see "those people" get any help and would die for it.
 
oopsboom
2023-01-20 1:46:14 PM  

Turbo Cojones: OccamsWhiskers: I saw this headline earlier, and assumed that there'd be MUCH more than $100/month involved. That doesn't even cover a single "US expensive" prescription. $100 per day is not unheard of.

$100 is the DEDUCTIBLE on some scrips.


well yea, but in the USA if you have one of those diseases and you're poor you're just going to die.  charity isn't going to help you.  we're not a modern nation with real healthcare.

we're talking about people charity could save.  like someone who has a $10 copay every month, or a $10-15 script uninsured, and just can't make ends meet that month.
 
LarryDan43
2023-01-20 1:54:49 PM  
If only there was a way for everyone who could afford it to contribute like this.
 
waxbeans [TotalFark]
2023-01-20 2:01:17 PM  

rickmaze: there are lots of good people in the world. we don't always see them. they are quite, proud and honest.


It's easy to help people who you can relate to. Ameicans would have a better Healthcare system, but, we can't relate to each other.
 
mongbiohazard
2023-01-20 2:04:24 PM  

Snapper Carr: Here's your snark

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It's not even snark it's just noticing the obvious, without getting suckered again by America's soulless marketing team.
 
oopsboom
2023-01-20 2:17:21 PM  

LarryDan43: If only there was a way for everyone who could afford it to contribute like this.


nothing i can think of.
we should just slap a 30% sales tax on the medicine and call it a day.
 
jso2897
2023-01-20 2:30:38 PM  

LarryDan43: If only there was a way for everyone who could afford it to contribute like this.


But, taxation is theft!
 
Hermione_Granger
2023-01-20 2:36:22 PM  
After my Dad retired, he used to pick up prescriptions and groceries for elderly people at his church. When he died, so many people called in they had to start an entire volunteer department just to do what he did.

People like this farmer and my Dad... I'm not sure they make men like them anymore.
 
strutin
2023-01-20 2:38:26 PM  

LarryDan43: If only there was a way for everyone who could afford it to contribute like this.


...Careful, that's getting pretty close to talking like those commies up North.

/s
 
ecmoRandomNumbers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-20 2:48:54 PM  
I hate to be one of the assholes here, but HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS! F*cking Christ! I've been waiting for an authorization for a $16,000 medication for just over 100 days now. I need this medication to walk! This whole thing just farking sucks.
 
oopsboom
2023-01-20 3:26:48 PM  

jso2897: LarryDan43: If only there was a way for everyone who could afford it to contribute like this.

But, taxation is theft!


imagine how much simpler if would be if every time someone needed life saving medication they could just pull a gun and mug jeff bezos.

sure theres logistic issues.  not everyone is near jeff bezos.  there would be a line.  some people can't walk.  etc.

but i feel like it would work at least as well as the current system, on average.
 
mongbiohazard
2023-01-20 3:38:28 PM  

ecmoRandomNumbers: I hate to be one of the assholes here, but HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS! F*cking Christ! I've been waiting for an authorization for a $16,000 medication for just over 100 days now. I need this medication to walk! This whole thing just farking sucks.


You aren't one the assholes. The assholes are the people who want to pretend like this example of society's failure is actually something you should feel good about.
 
Smelly Pirate Hooker
2023-01-20 3:39:54 PM  
I gotta agree, while it's nice that he did this, he shouldn't have had to.

I wonder if he voted Republican.
 
Cat Food Sandwiches
2023-01-20 4:11:52 PM  

Smelly Pirate Hooker: I gotta agree, while it's nice that he did this, he shouldn't have had to.

I wonder if he voted Republican.


God willing!  Most Alabamans are pretty smart.
 
dbrunker
2023-01-20 6:42:50 PM  
First thing I thought of:

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Obviously the man's a hero but he's also outstanding in his field
 
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