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FakeNoose

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16. But ... but ... but ...

Reply to Vinca (Reply #7)

Fri Sep 20, 2019, 08:46 AM

Sep 2019

There's no profit in making insulin! Why should the pharma manufacturers be forced to do that, when they can make so much dough on Oxycontin and Viagra?

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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

"Socialist price controls will do a lot of left-wing damage to the healthcare system" ck4829 Sep 2019 #1

Our beautiful Free Market at work TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #2

These companies are fucking criminal enterprises and should be prosecuted. Or nationalized. CurtEastPoint Sep 2019 #3

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

The patients don't negotiate better prices, but they do get the better price the insurance ooky Sep 2019 #13

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

Some hospitals are getting into manufacturing drugs. Problem is high quality applegrove Sep 2019 #11

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

The United States needs to institute price controls and tightly regulate pricing on Rx drugs... Humanist_Activist Sep 2019 #15

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