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Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices by josefresco on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @12:00PM (#31656253)
> but it's not the magnitude of savings they claim

I follow Cuban on Twitter and he retweets people constantly who are saving substantial amounts of money. In their own words the savings are huge. Are you claiming these people are lying or fake?

Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices by gameshot911 on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @12:11PM (#31656461)
People likely are saving a ton of money, but they were also probably not utilizing the most optimal solution out there previously (e.g. buying through their insurance vs. GoodRX).
Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices by josefresco on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @12:30PM (#31656755)
Right, so this is a big win for awareness. I've heard of GoodRX a few times but never looked into it because I have decent insurance. It took Mark's new venture, and his marketing efforts (via Twitter) for me to realize "this was a thing".
Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices by treis on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @12:57PM (#31657152)
Sure, but it's not getting rid of middlemen or making anything more efficient. It's just another actor sliding into the market to make a bunch of money exploiting the broken drug market.
Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @05:03PM (#31660031)
It saves pharma consumers money between now and when US healthcare is “fixed” (whatever that looks like), which could still take a long time. As the starfish parable goes, it matters to these people. I encourage you to recognize that reduction in suffering and economic hardship in the short term.
Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices by rnk on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:40AM (#31664444)
Yeah, I really disagree with the person above you, @treis. This saves people money. It's not stealing from them, it's saving them money. This is a valuable and good thing. This gives attention to the fact that they can pay much less.
Re:Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices by treis on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @09:53AM (#31667369)
The people doing valuable work are Truepill that's actually doing the heavy lifting of fulfillment. Cuban is slapping his name on a white label solution, taking 15% for his trouble, and acting like he's solving the US health care system. In reality, he's just another middleman inflating prices.