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Re:US may pay 3x more than EU for Moderna’s US-funded Covid ... by frontiersummit on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:52AM (#37705163)
I'm very curious what's going on here... Does the EU just have better negotiators? Did someone in the CDC get their pockets lined to accept a higher bid? Is there some law or contract which prevented the CDC from playing hardball?
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Re:US may pay 3x more than EU for Moderna’s US-funded Covid ... by dragontamer on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:46AM (#37705931)
USA doesn't have any drug price negotiators. Your question is almost nonsense.

USA is capitalist system. The price is whatever the free market pays.

There is a debate whether or not medicare / medicaid needs to begin negotiating the price with these companies. But even the idea of a central authority performing a large scale negotiation is seen as socialism in our political system and immediately dies.

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