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Re:Martin Shkreli steers his company from prison with contra... by atonse on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:43PM (#19330817)
Insurance companies are not a charity. Of course you're paying the cost. You just pay it in higher premiums.
Re:Martin Shkreli steers his company from prison with contra... by laHiesh1 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @08:44PM (#19334442)
That's possibly true, I don't know much about the American health care system however I can't imagine they would significantly raise the cost of your insurance plan beyond what you're able to pay because you needed a 2 week supply of drugs to treat a one-off parasitic infection.

If the American health care system is so broken that insurance companies are making people destitute for receiving care then the USA has bigger problems than a single CEO.

Re:Martin Shkreli steers his company from prison with contra... by munk-a on Friday March 08, 2019 @02:53PM (#19341552)
That is unfortunately exactly what is happening, as an example here's an article from back in 2018 about the 650mil being independently raised on GoFundMe to address inflated costs.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynmcclanahan/2018/08/13/us...

Re:Martin Shkreli steers his company from prison with contra... by atonse on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:52AM (#19389191)
"If the American health care system is so broken" – yes. yes it is that broken.