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> Things like insulin are long paid off, and the pricing there has generated controversy. People have been charged $1000 a month for it [1]. Humalog and NovoLo
by acchow 3y ago
> Things like insulin are long paid off, and the pricing there has generated controversy. People have been charged $1000 a month for it [1].
Humalog and NovoLog both have expired patents. There are newer, better insulins. But these drugs were state of the art just 25 years ago.
- lostlogin 3y agoThe older products are much more expensive in the US too. It’s price gouging, and that’s when regulation has been imposed. The newer products are cheaper elsewhere in the world. The US is getting ripped off by big pharma.
- Scandiravian 3y agoFirst of, I think that health-care prices in the US are horrible and have terrible consequences for patients However, the blame doesn't lie with pharmaceutical companies. They're not selling their products cheaper elsewhere because they hate the US and love other countries They're doing it because the US has created a system that benefits corporations more than its citizens. If blame needs to be distributed it lies with the people in power who built these systems and those who gave them that power Healthcare in Europe is cheaper because the population fought for it, sometimes literally
- aaomidi 3y agoAnd they’re actively lobbying to keep it that way.
- Scandiravian 3y agoWhich they can do because the US has created a system that incentivizes companies to lobby for their own interests over that of the US population