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Re:Opaque drug pricing in the U.S. by M_Grey on Sunday March 12, 2017 @11:59PM (#13855130)
About three quarters of a million people die each year just from HAI's... never mind all of the other problems, pain, expense, and poor outcomes. Lawyers do a lot of harm, but doctors are have unique access, and it would seem, shitty hygiene.
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Re:Opaque drug pricing in the U.S. by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @12:59PM (#13869261)
> About three quarters of a million people die each year just from HAI's

Less than three quarters of a million people get HAIs each year. About 75,000 of them die.

https://www.cdc.gov/hai/surveillance/

Meanwhile lawyers operate at scale. How many people do you estimate would have died if tobacco companies had won their challenge to laws prohibiting them from advertising to children? And that's the damage from one lawyer losing one case.

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