Trump nominated dude who tripled price of insulin to regulate price of insulin

[SaiWa]

Insulin prices have all gone up across the board for American manufacturers, it's not because of this one guy. The details of why they have all gone up are unknown, and should probably be investigated.

And note that Medicaid is paying for most of the stuff. Funny that once government starts paying for something, the prices suddenly start going up.

We are being gouged and all we are doing is bickering with each other about who's at fault when our congress has their pockets filled with their blood money.

I mean wtf... Lilly products generally had a price increase of 18-24% in 2014 alone. 17-32% in 2015 and an average of around 8% so far this year.

Assuming this was a car worth selling at 25k in 2014. That same model would cost 40,000 this year... :/

 

[ookii]

What about his first choice?

 

[Scheme]

We are being gouged and all we are doing is bickering with each other about who's at fault when our congress has their pockets filled with their blood money.

I mean wtf... Lilly products generally had a price increase of 18-24% in 2014 alone. 17-32% in 2015 and an average of around 8% so far this year.

Assuming this was a car worth selling at 25k in 2014. That same model would cost 40,000 this year... :/

Until we know why insulin prices have gone up, we can't really determine who is really at fault (if anybody). Maybe the manufacturing materials got more expensive? Or maybe the pharmaceutical companies realize the importance of the drug and just want to exploit it, knowing that Medicaid will cover it.

Either way I say there should be an investigation.

 

[curryjunkie]

vs

that motherfucker didnt just get hit by the ugly stick, it was rammed up his ass and left there

 

[tonni]

that motherfucker didnt just get hit by the ugly stick, it was rammed up his ass and left there

someone told me i was jealous of Trump and his "beautiful" kids

 

[Rod1]

Insulin prices have all gone up across the board for American manufacturers, it's not because of this one guy. The details of why they have all gone up are unknown, and should probably be investigated.

And note that Medicaid is paying for most of the stuff. Funny that once government starts paying for something, the prices suddenly start going up.

Government pays for medical stuff here in Mexico and they do the same in Canada, yet these companies dont eye gouge their prices.

Using the exact same brand and dose (Humalog 10ml) in NAFTA countries.

Mexico

USD $47

Canada

USD $71- USD $44 depending on how many you buy

USA

USD $297


Source

https://www.farmalisto.com.mx/espec...nyectable-100-ui-ml-precio-7501082208764.html

https://www.healthwarehouse.com/humalog-insulin-100u-ml-10ml-vial.html

https://www.canadianinsulin.com/buy-humalog-insulin-lispro-vials-online/

 

[Rod1]

Until we know why insulin prices have gone up, we can't really determine who is really at fault (if anybody). Maybe the manufacturing materials got more expensive? Or maybe the pharmaceutical companies realize the importance of the drug and just want to exploit it, knowing that Medicaid will cover it.

Either way I say there should be an investigation.

Its not manufacturing costs its sheer exploitation.

 

[Rod1]

I don’t understand this situation. Azar tripled prices under Obama and the ACA. 30 million more people insured. Why wouldn’t they lower their prices with all that extra money?

WASHINGTON, April 18 — A pillar of the Democratic political program tumbled today when Republicans in the Senate blocked a proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for millions of older Americans, a practice now forbidden by law.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/washington/18cnd-medicare.html

But transgender bathrooms!!

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

WASHINGTON, April 18 — A pillar of the Democratic political program tumbled today when Republicans in the Senate blocked a proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for millions of older Americans, a practice now forbidden by law.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/washington/18cnd-medicare.html

But transgender bathrooms!!

It's amazing how over half of America are voting in people who actively conspire to fuck them over as much as possible. Then cheer when people complain about said fucking.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Trump is not gonna do even one thing for the middle class. Not one

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Anyone else find the apologists for the drug companies to be absolutely loathsome creatures.

There are a few in this thread alone.

 

[SaiWa]

Until we know why insulin prices have gone up, we can't really determine who is really at fault (if anybody). Maybe the manufacturing materials got more expensive? Or maybe the pharmaceutical companies realize the importance of the drug and just want to exploit it, knowing that Medicaid will cover it.

Either way I say there should be an investigation.

you are trying so hard to tap dance for these drug manufacturing companies. There's plenty of evidence to show its for sheer profits - a race to make even more money. The same drugs are being sold at a much much lower rate every other country besides the United States.

you are literally buying into what they are telling u...

 

[Rod1]

Government pays for medical stuff here in Mexico and they do the same in Canada, yet these companies dont eye gouge their prices.

Using the exact same brand and dose (Humalog 10ml) in NAFTA countries.

Mexico

USD $47

Canada

USD $71- USD $44 depending on how many you buy

USA

USD $297


Source

https://www.farmalisto.com.mx/espec...nyectable-100-ui-ml-precio-7501082208764.html

https://www.healthwarehouse.com/humalog-insulin-100u-ml-10ml-vial.html

https://www.canadianinsulin.com/buy-humalog-insulin-lispro-vials-online/

This without even counting generics.

You can get generic insulin of the same dosage as the above for like USD $12 here in Mexico.

 

[curryjunkie]

It's amazing how over half of America are voting in people who actively conspire to fuck them over as much as possible. Then cheer when people complain about said fucking.

to be fair a ferw democrats have taken money from pharma to vote in their interests
heres an interesting article on insulin costs, ignore the uk domain, its about how US prices are fixed........and i do mean fixed
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/in-depth...he-true-cost-of-insulin-in-the-united-states/
who knew it was a canadian innovation?

 

[ShoelessRye]

In the same vein -

The Trump administration is leaning toward naming Thomas Brunell, a Texas professor with no government experience, to the top operational job at the U.S. Census Bureau, according to two people who have been briefed on the bureau’s plans.

Brunell, a political science professor, has testified more than half a dozen times on behalf of Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts, and is the author of a 2008 book titled “Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America.”
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https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/21/trump-census-pick-causes-alarm-252571

But don't worry - he has the one and only qualfication that matters to Trump and his sycophants -

"This is worse than making him director,” said a former high-ranking Commerce Department official. “There still is going to be hell to pay on the optics. The Democrats and civil rights community will go nuts."​

 

[ShoelessRye]

Juxtapose this nomination with Trump stumping about importing drugs and taking on Big Pharm?

Lying SCUMBAG.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Yo, I'm more rugged than slaveman boots
New recruits, I'm fuckin' up MC troops
I break loops, and trample shit, while I stomp!
A mudhole in that ass, cause I'm straight out the swamp

who cares if people die if Trump makes liberals cry

Damn, some sick verses being dropped ITT.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

Is this that little weirdo who bought that Wu Tang album?

 

[The ScorpioN]

This guy just needs to start screeching about Muslims and Mexicans and he'll have all the boxes to checked for a run for the Republican nomination.

Did he already make a pass at a coupla high school chicks?

 

[hillelslovak87]

Remember when the Bush administration put people in positions their views were antithetical to?

Drain the swamp!! Just keep chanting it, while our country gets fucked up on the federal level.