Tomorrow is the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of insulin. In 1921, insulin’s discoverers sold its patent for $1 so insulin would be affordable to all. Today, a single vial of insulin that lasts me about a week is priced at $300+, only in the United States.
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That sounds like free healthcare with extra steps and no action from the people who should actually be working on this The thoughtfulness of it is sweet though
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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This seems like the best way forward for now. Unfortunately, waiting for the US government to solve this problem could be a very, very long wait.
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The modern way to do this is just what you said, but funded with government subsidies so the ridiculously high cost and profit margin is still there, but also removing resistance because there's "low cost" to the end user, wait this actually sounds a bit like Obamacare. :/ Hmm.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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"Sell it at cost" is the profit margins on these things are ridiculous. An average vial cost about $4 to produce and is sold for about $300
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Most countries have a regulatory body that protects citizens from predatory pharmaceutical companies. Biden’s solution seems to just be to import drugs from Canada to reduce cost however.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Universal healthcare says hi.
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That’s a great solution, but the ruling class have shown no willingness to allow it.
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We had a politician who suggested just that over here in the UK - the powers that be (including elements of his own party. Captured by corporate interests and always with one eye to the directorships and other lucrative opportunities they can secure by playing nice) smeared him…
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....wrecked with within, and continue to traduce and hound him out of public life. Don't expect this idea to come to fruition without a fight in ANY country, and be on the lookout for efforts to divide and conquer any political movement that would support such a reasonable idea.
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