Sure, they’ll “discount” the medicare portion of the charges, but will make up for it with the patients “out-of-pocket” part of the bill. Big pharma will still get THEIR price.
Great. More free crap for old people. Why didn't anyone think of that before?
Most seniors on Medicare take the same medicine refills for the rest of their lives. Once it is prescribed, why do they (and the taxpayers) have to spend money on a doctor visit to get a refill? Why do they have to see a pharmacist and the overhead it takes to buy a cholesterol medicine.
A senior moment is just as likely to hit a person taking a prescribed medicine as an over-the-counter medicine.
The over-regulation of medicine is a major reason for the high cost of medicine. Rearranging the chairs on the ACA Titanic is not going to solve the problem.