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2. Our beautiful Free Market at work

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:11 PM

Sep 2019

There is so little competition now because any start-ups that are competiition are either bought up or are crushed by being undersold.

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Price of insulin has skyrocketed in the US, even though nothing about it has changed [View all] ck4829 Sep 2019 OP

Our beautiful Free Market at work TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #2

Are the insurance companies paying the outragious prices too? Or are applegrove Sep 2019 #4

Both. ooky Sep 2019 #9

So insurance industry patients can negotiate better prices. So people applegrove Sep 2019 #12

Oh that just makes me want to weep. I'm not saying insurance companies applegrove Sep 2019 #14

The tariffs are the change FakeNoose Sep 2019 #5

The price of insulin was stupidly high before the tariffs. Vinca Sep 2019 #7

But ... but ... but ... FakeNoose Sep 2019 #16

legalized extortion Skittles Sep 2019 #6

Been observing this for 20 years. catrose Sep 2019 #8

26 years for me. n/t ooky Sep 2019 #10

Capitalism doesn't work for some things Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #17