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0 pointsstagbeetle8y ago0 comments

Cost pass-off to consumers.

If we assume all 2,000 people that use daraprim daily at $120 a daily dose, it comes out to $87,600,000 yearly.

If we assume half of Americans don't have insurance (160 million), each American would see a hefty 50 cent increase in their yearly premiums.

This is a gross simplification, but $100,000,000 is a literal drop in the bucket.

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maxerickson8y ago· 1 in thread

It's a systemic problem though, it doesn't make sense to analyze it in terms of the cost of just one beneficiary of the problem.

This is true, but it's similar to using resources on going after heroin users instead of focusing on distributors and manufacturers.

These are small fish and focusing on them lets the big players make even more moves.

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