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Re:$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So... by copperx on Sunday August 03, 2014 @11:34PM (#8130186)
It's easier to get ahold of $1000 to cure your disease than get ahold of a permanent stream of income that will enable you to live.
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Re:$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So... by michaelbuckbee on Sunday August 03, 2014 @11:50PM (#8130232)
Small but important note, it's $1000 / pill and $80,000 for the curative course of treatment.
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Re:$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So... by visarga on Monday August 04, 2014 @12:34AM (#8130345)
They probably don't want or expect too many people to be cured with it, at this price.
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