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GherkinEnthusiast t1_izwf37v wrote

Reply to comment by Fit-Signature8414 in [OC] Visualising Pfizer's latest income statement. Pharmaceutical profit margins are notoriously higher than most other industries by giteam

They charge what the market will pay

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quadrangle3136 t1_izwfksh wrote

The perverted US health system encourages it.

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[deleted] t1_izwvndd wrote

I once compared the prices of medication I regularly use, in the US and in my country. Still can't stop thinking of how bizarre the difference is. For some drugs I would have to pay up to 100 times more in the US. And it's the same brand name, not a generic drug. Like what kind of added value can medication acquire to justify this unthinkable price difference.

How can such healthcare system even exist lol. It's like the whole population of the USA are constantly exploited by the insurance companies which thrive on the unjustifiably overpriced cost of medical services and drugs.

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