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Re:Why the CDC and FDA Are Telling You Two Different Things ... by 2muchcoffeeman on Thursday January 22, 2015 @12:44AM (#8927744)
Tamiflu is $130? I was prescribed Tamiflu last year and a course cost me 1/3rd of that at the first drug store I walked into. I'm in Australia.

Can't say if it really worked or not.

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Re:Why the CDC and FDA Are Telling You Two Different Things ... by hvs on Thursday January 22, 2015 @10:53AM (#8929777)
Your government is subsidizing a large amount of the cost:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_Benefits_Scheme

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Re:Why the CDC and FDA Are Telling You Two Different Things ... by dsymonds on Thursday January 22, 2015 @06:00AM (#8928526)
The government most likely paid the other two thirds via PBS.
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Re:Why the CDC and FDA Are Telling You Two Different Things ... by debacle on Thursday January 22, 2015 @10:19AM (#8929558)
Tamiflu is $130 in the US. Medications in the US tend to be stupidly expensive.
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