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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by hkt on Friday July 16, 2021 @06:26AM (#27854752)
It is neat that this is something people are trying, but this strikes me as a technical solution to a political problem. Such a thing probably can't scale on account of that.

The real solution is to reform how drugs are priced and healthcare is provided. In the UK we did this over 70 years ago and the most you should pay for a medication is £12/month (committed to a year), £11 per prescription, or nothing (if you're poor).

This is possible because of the politics and governance of healthcare in the UK: the tech has been around for half a century.

Re:Open Insulin Foundation by igorzx31 on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:45AM (#27856162)
Politics and governance in the UK: freeloading on the American pharma system.
Re:Open Insulin Foundation by hkt on Saturday July 17, 2021 @11:52AM (#27866634)
Actually, it is more like: not allowing regular people to be shafted by the American pharma system.