Re:Open Insulin Foundation
by igorzx31 on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:52AM
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In addition you are comparing somebody who has insurance (slovenia) to somebody who theoretically doesn't 'US'. Most people in the US get their health insurance through their employer and would pay nothing out of pocket, and if you are uninsuranced the drug companies will often times just give the drug away to you for free.
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Re:Open Insulin Foundation
by steveklabnik on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:57AM
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Even if you have really good health insurance, you often pay out of pocket.
> if you are uninsuranced the drug companies will often times just give the drug away to you for free.
This is horribly incorrect. People die for lack of insulin in the US all the time, and it's not because they just didn't bother to ask for their free insulin.
No, I´m not. The price for an insured patient (which is everyone, by law) is zero. 19.96 is just the sticker price.