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Re:This old drug was free. Now it’s $109,500 a year by conanbatt on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:33PM (#15956115)
Financing out of taxes is a guarantee it will be a lot more expensive. Suddenly a company has all the motivation to build a multi-billion drug that tends to 10 patients, as long as the state picks up the bill.
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Re:This old drug was free. Now it’s $109,500 a year by anigbrowl on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @05:28PM (#15974468)
Hello? We're talking about a drug that already exists. I'm fine with the manufacture-only part of it being done by a publicly owned entity.
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