I know a guy with for-real celiac disease. Although the active ingredient may be the same, not all generics are certified as safe for celiacs thanks to the additional padding in the pill.
Generics and brand name are NOT always equivalent depending on the drug and condition, and spreading this lie is incredibly dangerous to many people.
This is what happens when CEOs, politicians, and pundits are deciding health policies rather than the properly informed health officials.
Now if the insurance policy would be that a doctor must write medical necessity for avoiding the generic, go for it. But mandating that people can only take generics will cause harm.
"According to the source, an Apple representative, staffer, or lobbyist will testify against the bill at a hearing in Lincoln on March 9. AT&T will also argue against the bill, the source said. The source told me that at least one of the companies plans to say that consumers who repair their own phones could cause lithium batteries to catch fire … "
Sound a little more fishy to you yet? Oh no sorry, we can't let you repair your own car, there are dangerous corrosive chemicals inside. You must take it back to the dealership for service.
You should read up on Louis Rossman, a guy who runs a YouTube channel to help people repair Apple products.
To be fair to Apple- People were trying to sue them when 4chan had a campaign telling people you could recharge your phone in the microwave (look it up). Yes, it sucks how people will mess up their own devices and then try to sue Apple. But that's part of the cost of doing business.
To be fair to the repair shops- Apple and other companies constantly try to use dodgy legal efforts like copyright claims to keep repair shops from posting schematics from computers in an effort to diagnose and repair components. Louis Rossman talks about these battles constantly.
Yes it's messy. No, there's not a perfect answer. But the car analogy is a good one. Manufacturers could make "better" cars if they could seal the engine compartment against service. They could also make cheap cars that break constantly and force people to come in for service.
Given my experience in the field, Apple's reliability and support is not nearly as good as people claim it is. At my work we constantly have problems, not the least of which are Apple's dodgy power connectors so virtually everyone in the office is limping along with black tape covering a frayed power cable waiting until the day it breaks or starts to spark and the need a new one.
Or when they lied and said you couldn't upgrade the RAM, so when we slap in more RAM for work, we're violating the warranty and have to take it out to get service.
The fatal flaw in Curtis' documentary, and in most people who view it, is they think only Republicans suffer from hypernormalization. BOTH parties are guilty, and yes it's going to keep getting worse even if we have a D beside the president's name. Go back and watch The West Wing and see how long it takes until they're justifying the murder of innocent people in the middle east.
I don't really think that Hypernormalisation is as partisan as you suggest - in fact, listen to the Chapo Trap House interview people are linking to here. He is extremely critical of the Democrats/centrists that trade as "the left" and goes to lengths to explain how culpable they are for the current dumpster fire we're experiencing
Generics and brand name are NOT always equivalent depending on the drug and condition, and spreading this lie is incredibly dangerous to many people.
This is what happens when CEOs, politicians, and pundits are deciding health policies rather than the properly informed health officials.
Now if the insurance policy would be that a doctor must write medical necessity for avoiding the generic, go for it. But mandating that people can only take generics will cause harm.