I can't begin to imagine the burden of asthmatic Americans when the inhalers cost so much. Yes, they're about $5 in Australia, and I've even gotten them for fre

I can't begin to imagine the burden of asthmatic Americans when the inhalers cost so much. Yes, they're about $5 in Australia, and I've even gotten them for free on occasion when I was unemployed. Some quick stats about the medication from wikipedia [0] - The medication was generally available in the UK 1969 (1982 for USA), and in 2017 was the tenth most prescribed medication in the USA. When I saw news popping up over the last year or so about how exciting it was for a generic inhaler to be approved and available I was surprised and appalled by the whole ordeal, to be honest. It's an essential medicine. Generics have been available for ages here. How on earth can companies and the government be allowed to do this to people? I mean, the literal answer is probably the oligarchy. I would have thought that people who can manage their chronic health conditions and avoid becoming disabled (or dead) would be infinitely more exploitable than those who can't, but I guess the numbers have been crunched and that mustn't be the case. It's unspeakably awful. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salbutamol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salbutamol