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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok who let Martin shkreli out of jail?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Explain why we make it legal for companies to set their own prices again

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's called freedom! Go to Russia if you don't like it! /s

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is shockingly easy to burn things.

I'm just going to leave that thought there.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Isn't it just this expensive because the government can't negotiate prices? So the insurances will pay a normal price but when the government is paying it'll cost more

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’m allergic to Paxlovid; taking it makes my neck and head swell up to where I look like Rocky Balboa after a fight and my neck feels like a giant tree trunk.

This isn’t important, but it’s probably the first time I’ve seen an article about Paxlovid since that happened, so it’s all I could think about for a minute.

I guess I’m not surprised that this is happening with one of the few very essential drugs that isn’t in the list of medications that congress is negotiating prices down on for medicare.

Of course pharmaceutical giants use any opening, opportunity, or loophole to exploit those who are sick. Disgusting.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

They can treat deez nuts

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This is the nature of providers vs insurers in the negotiation war. And those without insurance are the losers of this war.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Shocked Pikachu Face

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Isn't Pfizer going to offer Paxlovid free of charge till 2028 if your uninsured or underinsured?

https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-amends-us-government-paxlovid-supply-agreement-and

Who would be the people affected by this?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The left and right both hate Big Pharma, especially over the pandemic response.

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