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I'm curious to see how people will vilify Walmart for this one. Making insulin more affordable is clearly a good thing, right?
by thehappypm 5y ago
I'm curious to see how people will vilify Walmart for this one. Making insulin more affordable is clearly a good thing, right?
- pempem 5y agoCan we not vilify Walmart and still be upset that we're putting a small bandaid on a pretty huge gouge?
- bingidingi 5y agoChoosing to profit off of it is choosing to let some people die if they can’t afford it. Doesn’t seem like a clearly good thing to me.
- thehappypm 5y agoIf they didn't do this, insulin would be fundamentally more expensive. Making a cheap version available at prices that a typical American can afford even without insurance, seems like a BIG step forward.
- bingidingi 5y agoOk but why not sell it at cost and really shake things up and save lives?
- thehappypm 5y agoI mean, they basically are. Walmart is known for having razor-thin profit margins.
- rbanffy 5y agoWe can vilify Walmart for a number of things even if this one is not one of them. They need to pull a lot of nice things to get to neutral.