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Sorry am I missing something here. If the cheap insulin across the border got the full brunt of American demand, it would obviously not remain abundant for that
by pj_mukh 3y ago
Sorry am I missing something here. If the cheap insulin across the border got the full brunt of American demand, it would obviously not remain abundant for that country. Even if this country (canada?) had price controls in place that would be no use to factories with a set supply.
Seems like the right solution is to increase supply right here.
- adamnemecek 3y agoYou understand that production can be scaled up right?
- pj_mukh 3y agoArbitrarily? To how much? When building the factories do we know if Canada had accounted for servicing the American market (just the California market would be a 100% increase)
- adamnemecek 3y agoWhat's your point?
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoAmericans got to Mexico for cheap insulin. Sometimes they get murdered for their troubles so that's a downside.
- test6554 3y agoCrazy that people risk their life to save a couple bucks
- starkparker 3y agoCrazy that people who can't survive without insulin, food, and rent money see the risk of dying from violence as less than the risk of dying from poverty.
- jfengel 3y agoCrazy that people without a few bucks have to risk their lives to save their lives. Diabetics die very quickly without insulin.
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- frankreyes 3y agoEither die for sure from lack of insulin, or have a chance of not dying by crossing the border. The math checks out
- olalonde 3y agoWhat would most likely happen is that insulin factories would scale up production and price would go down in the long term (economies of scale and increased competition). That's what free trade pretty much always does to prices.
- pj_mukh 3y agoWhich is exactly what the California government funded? Just in Utah via a non-profit. Seems like a win-win.
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