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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by red-iron-pine on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @03:16PM (#46293809)
> why, in free market land, is a buyer of services and medication, not allowed to negotiate prices?

Because W Bush decided to forbid that while simultaneously forcing the fed'gov to pay for it

"we need to pay face value because big companies need the money for their R&D" was the discussion years ago IIRC. it's BS, but that was the narrative.

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