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Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by nrmitchi on Friday July 02, 2021 @04:27PM (#27716462)
One of the problems with the how the US medical system works is that "35K/month in medication" is only "35k/month" because of some expectation that insurance is going to pay whatever the negotiated rate it (and I seriously doubt that it's 35k/month).

Lets look at it this way: If that was the true price, what percentage of the US population do you think has the funds to actually pay $420k/year in for medication?

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Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by rootusrootus on Friday July 02, 2021 @04:36PM (#27716547)
In this case the insurance is paying $25K/month for the medication, so they definitely did negotiate it down somewhat.

> what percentage of the US population do you think has the funds to actually pay $420k/year in for medication?

Zero, plus or minus. That's why the manufacturers basically give it away to people who can't afford it. Because they can, and it helps them somewhat mitigate the bad PR.

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