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Re:The insulin racket: why a drug made free 100 years ago is... by ashelmire on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @10:02AM (#20274246)
The pharmacies aren't the point where price is inflated. It's the pharmaceutical companies, which make the drugs, not the stores that sell them.
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Re:The insulin racket: why a drug made free 100 years ago is... by ativzzz on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @11:38AM (#20275312)
Actually it's both. As well as pharmacy benefit managers, doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies. They all inflate prices. See http://truecostofhealthcare.org/conclusion/ (scroll to the "Where is all this money going" section)
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Re:The insulin racket: why a drug made free 100 years ago is... by bluGill on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @10:11AM (#20274336)
The idea is their pharmacy can negotiate with drug companies. "Give us a good deal on everything or we get generics instead of you for everything we can get elsewhere" (that is but one type of negotiation)
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