• WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social
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    4 days ago

    Is that the cost, or what people are charged? Like in the USA people are charged an insane figure for insulin, but the product can be made for something like £17.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      Is that the cost, or what people are charged?

      The latter.

      The therapy isn’t materially cheap, but every point along the line is profiteered on top of the baseline cost.