Medicine Price Cuts

Pres. GMA assured a half the price rollback on selected medicines, including those taken by the elderly. The reduction of the prices of these vital medicines is part of the administration’s implementation of the Cheaper Medicines Law. This is good news especially to those who are poor and are suffering from different kinds of diseases and are taking numerous kind of medicine a day. So, yesterday the Department of Health (DOH) already named the first five medicines that would be subjected to compulsory price cuts which will be implemented starting Aug. 15, 2009. The list includes anti-cancer medications, anti-high blood medications, medication against common infection, and an anti-high cholesterol medicine.

I wish that they will approved an order that will give discounts for various medical equipment as well. We all know that some patients also buys medical equipment like diabetic supplies and equipments for daily living aids like those equipments at Allegro Medical. Anyway, still, this is good news to all of us right?