Dear Friends,
I learned about a new website this weekend that was created by Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company was created to give every American better access to safe, affordable medicines. This is especially helpful for people without health insurance and those with high deductible plans. Goto www.costplusdrugs.com to review how it works. They do not have all medications available, at this time, but their mission is to continue adding more medications as they grow. If you are fortunate enough to have health insurance with a low deductible, the high cost of drugs is driving up the premiums that you or your employer pay, making getting health insurance expensive and challenging.
The pricing is transparent on the website, where they basically take their cost and add 15% so they can continue to run the company and invest in disrupting the pricing of more drugs over time. There’s also a small pharmacy fee they add on but the cost of most medications are drastically lower than what people usually pay. Please pass this on to your family and friends that might benefit from lower prescription costs. Everything we can do to take the power and profit of health care decisions out of the pharmaceutical companies is helpful in creating a more equitable system for all.
In Good Health,
Dr. Steve Cook
