A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S.

Re:A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in ... by trollbridge on Friday December 05, 2025 @05:55PM (#46168495)

Medicaid is available in all 50 states.

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Re:A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in ... by yunwal on Friday December 05, 2025 @07:28PM (#46169256)

It is not available to all poor people in all states

https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/the-medicaid-coverage-g...

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Re:A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in ... by trollbridge on Saturday December 06, 2025 @08:08AM (#46173056)

All the non-expansion states make it available too; just at a lower income threshold or other requirements.

Making a statement that most poor people in America can’t get epi-pens is false. Most poor people can for free.

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Re:A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in ... by yunwal on Saturday December 06, 2025 @08:40AM (#46173296)

> Making a statement that most poor people in America can’t get epi-pens is false. Most poor people can for free.

There are 26 million uninsured in the US and deductibles also exist for everyone so this is just blatantly false

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Re:A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in ... by trollbridge on Saturday December 06, 2025 @05:58PM (#46177357)

I guess it depends on how you define “poor” and “uninsured”. Considering most of America offers Medicaid expansion or ACA plans, being uninsured is basically a choice.

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Re:A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in ... by yunwal on Saturday December 06, 2025 @08:27PM (#46178387)

Im sure the 4 million uninsured kids could’ve sold lemonade on the weekends or something

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