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Thanks, Janell, for bringing up Inclisiran. My doctor prescribed it but Medicare would not pay until I had tried Repatha first. So essentially some Medicare bureaucrats prescribed Repatha for me, and my doc « agreed » to the Reptha or nothing decision. I read that Inclisiran has fewer side effects than Repatha. I guess the Medicare people read that too, but decided that people like me should undergo greater risk of side effects rather than lesser risk. Thanks a lot, Medicare. I wonder whether there are any lawsuits against the people who made this terrible decision. If a patient died of Repatha side effects, would that be maybe second degree murder? Practicing medicine without a license? Lawsuits and criminal charges?