it's efficiency for corporation to exploit the poor. when people like elon promotes deregulation = efficiency, they just leave the latter part on purpose.
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What we need are the names of the actual executives who greenlit that. As many as are responsible.
Don't make it about the company.
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Surely this situation will improve with your newly elected president!
I wonder if it is feasible to book a trip to Canada or Mexico and just buy it there. I guess pharmacies accept prescriptions of 'Murican doctors there, if patients pay themselves...
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Your only option in America is to lick some steel-toed boots.
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So, I'm being naive here, but why don't people sue when they know this is the case? Like, it's a bit of a stereotype that American's are fairly litigious, but if you know that you're being swindled, can't you take them to court?
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What country? They didn't say the country!
Non-American here, trying to understand.
Are these prices after insurance? If you have insurance through work, and you've paid a premium for "good" insurance (assuming you can do that for your family), are you still paying insane amounts for medicine and hospital care?
Yes, after insurance prices. In this case it's because their insurance provider told them that they will not cover any of the cost of the $1800 infusion because the one that is out of stock is already approved.
If you get one of the cheap plans (high deductible health plan, HDHP), you might pay $200 per month depending on how much of the premium your employer covers and then still have to pay $8,500 a year before your insurance provider will cover anything that isn't considered preventative care buried in the fine print of the policy.
I went for an annual physical, standard check up and blood work, but my insurance decided the blood tests weren't part of the physical and tried to bill me $700. Had to appeal it with the insurance company which took several phone calls over a month to get them to void the bill.
If it's covered under insurance then it's $5-$30 (depending on policy) for a co-pay and that's it. If it's not covered under your policy then it's eleventy bajillion dollars. The insurance will also pull stupid shit like not letting you pick up your refill early, or making you get some other medication that is similar, but not what your doctor prescribed. Of course the insurance company doesn't pay eleventy bajillion dollars, they've negotiated it down to 50¢, but that's what you'll pay if you don't have insurance.
Your upper range is way too low. I've had $75 copays before with shitty insurance.
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"IP" is completely regulated otherwise people could sell for less.
Thought that was Willem Defoe for a hot second there
Profits before people