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Re:A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug’s Price Raises Protests by adwf on Sunday September 20, 2015 @04:36PM (#10248983)
Government setting prices works for the NHS in the UK. If a drug is too expensive it just doesn't get authorised as a treatment and we go with something else. The collective bargaining power of the nationalised system effectively forces the pharmaceutical companies to the table everytime. They'd rather sell for some profit than no profit.

It's only because the pharma companies can deal with consumers in the US on an individual basis that you guys get screwed over so much on your pricing.

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Re:A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug’s Price Raises Protests by refurb on Sunday September 20, 2015 @05:38PM (#10249248)
It's only because the pharma companies can deal with consumers in the US on an individual basis that you guys get screwed over so much on your pricing.

That's not true at all. The biggest private insurance companies in the US are what? 30-40M lives? That's bigger than Canada. They routinely negotiate for lower drug prices.

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Re:A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug’s Price Raises Protests by ikeboy on Sunday September 20, 2015 @06:37PM (#10249459)
If the proposal is "set up a single payer system in the US", this may be relevant.

Do you know where I could find out whether the NHS is covering Daraprim at the new prices?

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