Re:Are We at the Dawn of “Insulin Socialism”?
by jschveibinz on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:56PM
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I appreciate your activity in helping to bring insulin prices down.
For clarification, I want to add that the free market is working best when there are hundreds of suppliers as opposed to just one or even a handful of suppliers. In that light, more people taking up the challenge to manufacture insulin without taking a profit would be a good thing and could reduce prices significantly. I am too old, otherwise I would consider doing it myself. Many universities have scientists working on fermentation of genetically modified bacteria and yeasts. The resources and expertise are out there.
Re:Are We at the Dawn of “Insulin Socialism”?
by drekk on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:16PM
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Or we could just cut out the middleman of private insurance like most of the developed world? I don't want 100 competing brands of insulin — I want my NovoLog and I want it at cost.
For clarification, I want to add that the free market is working best when there are hundreds of suppliers as opposed to just one or even a handful of suppliers. In that light, more people taking up the challenge to manufacture insulin without taking a profit would be a good thing and could reduce prices significantly. I am too old, otherwise I would consider doing it myself. Many universities have scientists working on fermentation of genetically modified bacteria and yeasts. The resources and expertise are out there.