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Re:How Parents Harnessed the Power of Social Media to Challe... by asdf333 on Friday August 26, 2016 @01:25AM (#12364388)
Yes this is exactly it. High deductible health plans are succeeding in making prices more transparent and letting the markets work as a check on healthcare costs.

What Mylan is trying to do is a bit sneaky -- mollifying the high deductible complainers by giving them a coupon they can use but I believe in the long run it will backfire since it will drive more people to high deductible plans.

low deductible health insurance plans dont make much sense b/c no one has an incentive to save money. by having people share in more of the costs (up to a certain level) I think you get market forces to help keep prices in check

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Re:How Parents Harnessed the Power of Social Media to Challe... by wonnage on Friday August 26, 2016 @03:28AM (#12364794)
Market forces either didn't work or were suddenly introduced (otherwise how did the price get so high?) in this case. But people buying epipens don't have a lot of options, and unlike the price of coffee or something you're dealing with anaphylactic shock...
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