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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The cost difference is huge. My obese father who is pre-diabetic has used compounded to great success. His insurance won't pay for it because he's not full blown diabetic, and the brand name is prohibitively expensive on his fixed income.

It is criminal that this life saving drug can be made and sold at a tiny fraction of the price and that is not allowed. [/quote]

Not criminal. Imagine you’d invested millions upon millions into developing a product and someone ripped it off, selling it for a fraction of the cost, thereby making a killing themselves. I support the drug companies who developed these miracle drugs. And I’m someone who does take the compounded version for vanity. I would gladly pay more for name brand if I could get it prescribed to me. [/quote]

You are disgusting [/quote]

NP. What’s disgusting? You are telling us that you supporting stealing. Are you a thief?[/quote]

They should be able to recoup their cost and make a modest profit. What is the profit of most new drugs? [/quote]

Why do you get to dictate "modest" profits for a miraculous innovation that is improving the lives of millions of people?

Our country fosters the most innovation of any nation on Earth because of capitalism. The brightest minds in the world are here, and they are motivated in part by the possibility of rich rewards when they create something great. Look how Apple changed the world, and Steve Jobs rightfully became a billionaire. Amazon improves my life immensely, saving me time, stress and money every week. Jeff Bezos is rightfully a billionaire. Love it or hate it (I happen to love it), Facebook impacts the lives of millions of people, keeping them informed and connected. Zuckerberg rightfully a billionaire.

Why should the drug companies' profits be capped? They invested millions into the development of these drugs and they deserve the financial reward. They are currently developing even more effective medicines. It's beautiful. You think they should have their profits capped just because they're in healthcare? All that'd do in the long run is encourage the most brilliant minds on Earth to move to different industries. Healthcare is where we should want the most innovation, and innovation is what you get when creators are duly rewarded.[/quote]

Because when you worship the dollar at the expense of human life, you fail as a human. Not a hard concept. [/quote]

DP. This is the reality of life. We are not going to get these healthcare innovations without handsomely rewarding the inventors. [/quote]

No, I think greedy morons like you think like that. The rest of the civilized world values human life (not just the ultra rich). Healthcare for profit is highly immoral and unethical. [/quote]

Except for Wegovy, what healthcare inventions are coming out of the “rest of the civilized world?”  You don’t seem to understand who is putting in the work.[/quote]

You don't seem to understand that insurance companies negotiate and pay a lot less than people whose insurance doesn't cover it. Ask yourself why they are ok with that if they are barely covering their costs? [/quote]

So no one else? You are convinced that profit is not a motivation for invention but you are unable to name anyone else inventing? And instead you need to deflect? Got it.[/quote]

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