Thursday, December 09, 2010

Orphan Drug Discounts Ended for Children’s Hospitals - NYTimes.com

Democrats cut medical expenses by killing children.  Hope and Change!

 

Orphan Drug Discounts Ended for Children’s Hospitals - NYTimes.com

From left, J.B. Reed/Bloomberg; Luke Macgregor/Reuters; Mark Schiefelbein for The New York Times

Children’s hospitals have been told by drug companies that they will no longer get discounts for medications, like the cancer drugs above, that are known as “orphan drugs.” The change is an unintended consequence of the new health law, and it is costing hospitals millions of dollars.

By ROBERT PEAR
Published: December 7, 2010

WASHINGTON — In an unintended consequence of the new health care law, drug companies have begun notifying children’s hospitals around the country that they no longer qualify for large discounts on drugs used to treat rare medical conditions.