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Re:The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices by spangry on Friday March 31, 2017 @08:51AM (#14003152)
It's also what one would expect if US consumers are getting horribly gouged on prices. But then I guess you'd also expect to see pharmaceutical companies enjoying super high profit levels... Oh wait...

EDIT: Given I am unable to address the 'econ101 argument', would you care to take a shot?

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Re:The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices by jessriedel on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:50AM (#14003733)
No, I think your tone is completely inappropriate for HN and is not compatible with a constructive discussion.
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Re:The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices by spangry on Friday March 31, 2017 @12:44PM (#14005566)
Fair enough.

FWIW I do apologise for the sarcastic tone of my posts above. You're right; it's probably not the right way to spark a constructive discussion. To be honest, my tone was a fairly deliberate departure from how I usually post. It's just that I've been in a number of these 'US Healthcare' discussions on HN now and have seen the same points and counterpoints made many times, yet no progress seems to have been made.

I suppose that's a good indication that I should just stay out of these threads until I can maintain a civil tone.

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