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Re:Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100... by iguy on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:46PM (#22184987)
That's interesting. Does the budget count these free samples at retail price? If most of that is in turn advertising, then a lot of the money never existed?
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Re:Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100... by hinkley on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @03:14PM (#22185296)
Doesn’t that mean that free samples for any product with a greater than about a 3x markup are at a negative tax rate?
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