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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

'Positive Step,' Says Sanders After AstraZeneca Agrees to Cap Inhalers at $35

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'Positive Step,' Says Sanders After AstraZeneca Agrees to Cap Inhalers at $35

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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"Americans who have asthma and COPD should not be forced to pay, in many cases, 10 to 70 times more for the same exact inhalers as patients in Europe and other parts of the world."
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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    So, they’re still profitable at 35.

    Something to think about.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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      Yes, you should think about the poor owners who now can’t afford two solid gold toilets on their yacht and have to make due with one gold one and one silver one.

      But, no, you lucky asthmatics just think “oh god I can’t breathe where’s my inhaler” like a bunch of selfish jerks.

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        I take a perverse delight in knowing that gold is actually a shitty material for a toilet.

        Because gold is relatively dense, and has a remarkably high thermal conductivity… well, this is why rings usually always feel cool to the touch even when you’ve been wearing them for a while. Does anybody like sitting on a cold toilet? cuz that toilet is never not going to be cold.

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      They would still be profitable at $5 most likely.

      They always argue that the added cost covers the R&D.

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    $10.99 AUD in Australia, ~ $7.20 USD.

    Americans are still getting ripped off at the new price point.

    https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/108482/ventolin-cfc-free-100mcg-asthma-inhaler-with-dose-counter-200-salbutamol-s3

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        This idea took my breath away

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    Forcing this company to lower their prices so more People can live is SOCIALISM!

    -Fiscally Responsible Pro Life Republicans.

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    I pay 1/12th of that in my third world “shithole” country

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    I’ll take $35/mo cash to tell Blue Cross BlueShield where to shove their prior-auths on decades old drugs with generics.

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    This is just about patient copays, right? And AZN still gets to charge patients’ insurance as much as they can get away with?

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    But how is my money supposed to trickle down to me if it’s not in the hands of the few? :( now I just have all this money… and affordable inhalers!

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    So they can disagree to the cap any time they feel like it?

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