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Re:Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100... by Someone1234 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:24PM (#22183177)
And if you're not rich, and get cancer, which country do you go to? I bet in aggregate it is never the US.
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Re:Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100... by Mirioron on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:00PM (#22183702)
Well, it depends on what citizenship you have. The point is that if it's expensive in the US now then perhaps in the future it will be cheaper and available elsewhere.
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Re:Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100... by claudeganon on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:07PM (#22184561)
The purchasing and marking up of expired drugs/patents and blocking of transition to generic status seem the obvious counterexamples here...

https://hbr.org/2017/04/how-pharma-companies-game-the-system...

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