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[–] scutiger 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Because the insurance company already paid them way more than it's really worth. And if the insurance company has agreed to pay that much, it's because they're making more than enough profit off their "service" to everyone that they can afford to pay it.

If your medicine used to cost $60 and now costs $5000 thst's because the insurance company knows they can get that money from its customers.