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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by mobilefriendly on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:49PM (#17552634)
Incorrect. 200 mg Ibuprofen is 2 cents a pill at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=ibuprofen%20200mg%2050...

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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by edtruji on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:39PM (#17555433)
Walmart physical stores “brick and mortar”, charges different price for the same product, taking into account different “factors” like local competition.
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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by vageli on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:34PM (#17554090)
Pointing at a single data point is not enough evidence to show that an upwards trend does not exist.
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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by pessimizer on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:55AM (#17555660)
The single data point is the exact same single data point mentioned in the comment as the only evidence that an upwards trend existed in the first place.
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Re:U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Do... by Spooky23 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:28PM (#17555398)
...And the generic gelcap that is heavily marketed and merchandises better costs 7x more.
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