If you want to quote the entire post, then that is a good way to do so. But quoting everything is often overkill and can also obscure what it was in the post you were replying to. Selecting allows you to quote only the portion of a post your reply addresses.
Besides, when you selectively quote the entire text is still always immediately available to anyone who wants to view it. If someone wants to see the the complete text of the post you quoted from, they only have to click on the expand/collapse button in the upper right hand corner of the quote to do so.
Another alternative is to navigate to the quoted post to view it. You can do that by clicking on the go to the quoted post button which is usually to the right of the button in the upper right hand corner of the post.
I notice that we are not talking about Do Diabetes Pharma Companies Have a Monopoly? anymore! I thought about quoting the original posts to the topic at hand but found it to be a pita! LOL
Isnât there another area for how to quote and reply do stuff like that around here?
Yes, you might not have noticed this but @irrational_John created a new topic âHow to quote and reply and stuff like thatâ on how to do all that stuff. That is really the way to change the subject. Ideally this topic should continue to berate the Pharma companies for exerting a monopoly on us poor diabetics. Thanks iJohn.
ps. To create and see a linked topic, hover your mouse over the post and you will normally see the text âReply as Linked Topicâ appear. Click that to create a linked topic. When there is a linked topic the title of the linked topic will also appear, in this case âHow to quote and reply and stuff like that.â
Brian, Iâve never been on a forum that has âreply as linked topicâ and after reading your instructions 3 times, I still have no clue what the purpose is, nor how to do it. I feel dumber than usual.
BTW, Iâve been on countless forums since 1996âŚ
I think iJohn started the topic about how to do replies etc here so we could stay on topic here about Pharma Companies - hereâs how Discourse explains it:
"You donât want to interrupt this conversation, but a post just reminded you of a related topic youâd like to share.
No problem! Use âReply as new topicâ to start a related conversation â and both topics will be visibly connected together."
Never mind. The bug described below should be fixed now. The links should âjust workâ.
###There is currently a âbugâ which occurs when clicking on the link Discourse provides to a âlinked topicâ.
If/when you get the error message "The page you requested doesn't exist or is private", refreshing that page with the error message should take you to the linked topic.
There is a bit more of a description of the bug, including a screenshot of the error message, in this reply to Brianâs âCreating and Visiting Linked Topicsâ linked reply discussion topic which he just created.
Thanks, Jim, for sharing that link. The cost of those drugs is emotional blackmail. Families want to do everything they can to keep their loved ones with them. Drug companies know this.
As a Canadian diabetic living in British Columbia I do not pay anything for insulin, diabetes medications or testing equipment or renewables. I believe that is due to the wonderful forsight of a politician back the last century called Tommy Douglas, who introduced Canadians to Universal Medicare. Americans who continue to vote for right wing politicians who consider universal access to health care to be some kind of communist plot, deserve every trip they make to the cash registers. To everyone else, good luck!
But, at the same time, despite the Red Leaf Guards, weâve heard from our Canadian friends how PWD there have many limitations, limited or out of pocket CGMs, no pumps for T2, challenges getting appointments with useful doctors, etc. I think weâve heard kind of the same thing from folks in the UK, Germany and other countries with National Health Care systems.
I donât think the price of medications can be laid solely at the feet of the evil right wing. One of big issues is medicare canât negotiate drug prices. Either party could fix that issue.
Iâve also heard stories about people who canât get everything that they want on our Canadian universal health care system and may have to endure wait times to see certain specialists. For some of those people the solution is to go to a private clinic either here or in the US and pay out of pocket or from whatever insurance theyâve purchased. For the rest of us on PWD here in Canada it is quite the consolation that all meds, insulin and testing supplies as well as visits to the doctors, specialists or emergency are free, as were a pair of $4,000 hearing aids I was issued a few months back. Iâve also had some visits to emergency in hospital following a cardiac arrest five years ago and was very impressed with the wonderful care I received, no question about paying for anything. I have to admit that the only gripe I have is that the âfreeâ dental care I receive as a person with disability doesnât include what is considered fancy procedures like root canals or bridges, itâs usually extractions only. However, in many cases those situations are highly preventable with good personal hygiene and care. So given a choice between arguing with a private insurance company about whether I get to live or die, or putting up with a six month wait for a hip replacement, Iâll take the wait time anytime.
after reading this thread, i can only feel discusted w/ our american med policies and pharmaceutical lack of control over the cost of our meds. particularly insulin, b/c it is life saving and life essential. i am on medicare and i have a co-
pay of $200 for 2 vials of novolog. i called the customer service dept to find out if they provided patients w/ any sort of financial assistance for us Ds whose lives depend upon their products. the answer was a flat out âNO. sorryâ
every time i see my endo, i request samples, samples, samples. my doc is very generous, so i am relieved every time i can get some insulin for free. however, this does not excuse the failure in our current system; and, if my endo has that many insulin samples, god only knows how many other endos have similar situations. and all their samples are free by way of the insulin companies reps.
But what about economies of scale? Back when refrigerators were first invented, the cost was over one-yearâs pay for the average family. Now, they have not only gotten bigger, better, and more energy efficient - refrigerators that is.
Clinton wants Medicare, the U.S. governmentâs health insurance program for the elderly, to be able to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over drug prices and require more generous rebates, driving down overall costs.
This would help. The Medicare Part D coverage for prescriptions was a government big wet kiss for Big Pharma when the law was passed in 2003 and implemented in 2006. While the Veterans Administration can and does bargain with the pharmaceutical companies using its rightful market power as a volume buyer, Medicare Part D specifically excluded this bargaining on the part of the government. The âfree marketeersâ only like it when market forces swing their way.
