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Re:Cancer Doctor Leading the Attack on Astronomical Drug Prices by m_mueller on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @03:34AM (#9651105)
> Eventually we might get a situation where drug companies raise costs for patented drugs, not only cancer ones, slowly to the breaking point where even less people can afford insurance anymore.

Aren't American drug prices already optimized around that breaking point?

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Re:Cancer Doctor Leading the Attack on Astronomical Drug Prices by bayesianhorse on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @04:45AM (#9651289)
considering that the cost of healthcare in the US is increasing rapidly, but also the ratio of insured citizens, no, I wouldn't say a breaking point has been reached.
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