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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by badRNG on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:21PM (#27664655)
What else is one to do?
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by dekhn on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:31PM (#27665715)
If your question is truly serious, the answer is: nothing. It's almost certainly impossible to fix the US healthcare system given the enormous number of people who profit so much from its current dysfunction. Unless there is some sort of major disruption that completely changes the landscape (very unlikely), you can expect pharma in the US to be extremely expensive.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by shadowgovt on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:06PM (#27666276)
That's bad news, because when the answer is "nothing," people don't do nothing.

They instead resort to the language of the unheard.

Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by dekhn on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:18PM (#27666443)
it will be interesting to see how health care evolves in the US, to say the least.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by HarryHirsch on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:24PM (#27664702)
Take to the streets, like the French do?
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by SiempreViernes on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:27PM (#27664752)
Actually, the French mostly stay at home: the last gubernatorial elections had like 34% participation.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by tux3 on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:49PM (#27665071)
The primary tool we use to exerce Democracy is not so much the vote anymore, it is protests on specific issues.

Votes are too diluted, and there is no accountability for campaign promises.

Le référendum, c'est Place de la Bastille!

Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by permo-w on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:42PM (#27664927)
They mean strikes, and protests
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by OriginalNebula on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:43PM (#27664959)
In the second round of the 2017 presidential election there was 65.3% turnout. In the 2020 US presidential election there was 66.8% turnout.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by bruiseralmighty on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:28PM (#27668400)
About Insulin?

Look for ways to make the patents unenforceable. If diabetics had the ability to make their own safe insulin at home that would be best. Then all they would need is an internet connection and some basic components. The closer we get to that ideal the more empowered they are.

This would actually solve a lot of price gouging for drugs.

However that's only a stop gap measure. What's happening with gating access to insulin is happening to a thousand other products in a thousand other industries right now. Start looking at alternative governance structures. Lord knows everyones got a blog and a half-assed plan to run things better at this point (since the bar is so low).

Just don't poke the bear. As cathartic as hanging 'congresscritters' would be it wont actually solve the problem.

Basically act like you don't expect anyone else to fix this problem for you because nobody is going to; especially if you voted for them.