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Re:SIRUM (YC W15) Matches Unused Medicine with Low-Income Pa... by yid on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @09:59AM (#9184078)
Prescription medication can be extremely expensive without good (expensive) health insurance, especially if there is no "generic brand" version of the drug available. Think hundreds of dollars per refill. I think that's the pain point they're trying to solve.
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Re:SIRUM (YC W15) Matches Unused Medicine with Low-Income Pa... by kiahjw on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:37PM (#9201339)
some patients have reported costs in the $1-2K for prescriptions for just 1 month. That's definitely on the higher end but even if someone has multiple chronic diseases (diabetes, high blood pressure) co-pays of $10 or $20 dollars per medicine add up quickly.
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