Current Events > Is this tweet about the US healthcare system factual? If so, WTF?

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Dustin_The_Wind
06/30/20 1:19:53 PM
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Unknown5uspect
06/30/20 1:20:53 PM
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Sounds about right.

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Antifar
06/30/20 1:21:13 PM
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It is correct, yes.
https://sirota.substack.com/p/gilead-is-profiteering-off-a-covid
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MFBKBass5
06/30/20 1:22:20 PM
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Yep. Big pharma groups have gained 50 billion in worth since this pandemic started.

theyre fully taking advantage of this pandemic to profit. Just like Bernie said.

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TheVipaGTS
06/30/20 1:22:33 PM
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I mean literally all medication here in the states is treated like that so no surprise at all.

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Lanzol
06/30/20 1:22:54 PM
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Evil capitalist does something s***ty

OH wow big whoop there's more exciting news out there
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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 1:23:05 PM
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Probably.
Prices are set exhorbitant because nobody actually pays the asking price.
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Solar_Crimson
06/30/20 1:23:39 PM
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Yep. Medicine in this country is a crooked business.

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Xenozoa425
06/30/20 1:23:59 PM
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Yes and I can guess they will do the same with vaccines.

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SmidgeIsntBack
06/30/20 1:24:00 PM
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What, you got a problem with the marketplace of vaccines?

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Propane4Sale
06/30/20 1:24:19 PM
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Antifar posted...
It is correct, yes.
https://sirota.substack.com/p/gilead-is-profiteering-off-a-covid

Would love to advocate for something bad toward the CEO but I would be warned or suspended for it.

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UnholyMudcrab
06/30/20 1:24:40 PM
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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 1:25:14 PM
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Prescriptions were a mistake.
If this was something sitting on a walmart shelf, the price would be sane.
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Shablagoo
06/30/20 1:25:54 PM
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Whats kind of macabre is I went to the HIV/AIDS walk in my city last year and at the stage where people spoke Gilead was featured prominently as some purveyor of good will and health.

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Propane4Sale
06/30/20 1:28:18 PM
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Shablagoo posted...
Whats kind of macabre is I went to the HIV/AIDS walk in my city last year and at the stage where people spoke Gilead was featured prominently as some purveyor of good will and health.

Were they sponsoring the event? Because that may be why.

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BudDupree48
06/30/20 1:31:19 PM
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I dont think this is news

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Alucard188
06/30/20 1:34:20 PM
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Anything that requires a public buy-in should not be a for-profit organisation. Nationalise health-care and eliminate big Pharma. Parasitic fuckwits.

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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 1:37:56 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
Anything that requires a public buy-in should not be a for-profit organisation.
No patents from public funding. Ever.
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twitterfriends
06/30/20 1:39:31 PM
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Doesnt surprise me at all, they will fill their pockets, they dont care how many coffins are filled

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Shablagoo
06/30/20 1:39:40 PM
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Propane4Sale posted...
Were they sponsoring the event? Because that may be why.

Well they were among a bunch of different companies that were represented. Its just weird because I think they are also the people responsible for the insane price of ARV drugs.

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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 1:39:42 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...
This is, in no way, a defense of this pricing.
Well, you know, price is a hedge against scarcity.
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DarkRoast
06/30/20 1:40:55 PM
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SmidgeIsntBack posted...
What, you got a problem with the marketplace of vaccines?

Leave it to antivaxxers to not even know something isn't a vaccine

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AvlButtslam
06/30/20 1:41:02 PM
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Not making excuses or justifying it, but a lot of pharmaceuticals are like that. I work for a different pharma company, the product I work on is about $5000 (average wholesale price) per injection and it's meant to be taken every 8 weeks to regulate asthma.

At my previous job, our product was a little over $10,000 AWP per injection and it's supposed to be taken as needed like an epipen, and you may need 3 injections per allergic reaction.

With insurance, you'd rarely pay anything close to the AWP but you could if your insurance sucks. A lot of manufacturers have copay assistance programs or free drug programs too that you could qualify for, then they get to take a nice big tax break for their charity.
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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 1:43:10 PM
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AvlButtslam posted...
then they get to take a nice big tax break for their charity.
So... here's the real scam.
Claim it's worth $2500, "generously" let it out the door for $250, write off $2250 at tax time.
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AvlButtslam
06/30/20 1:46:41 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...

So... here's the real scam.
Claim it's worth $2500, "generously" let it out the door for $250, write off $2250 at tax time.

Yeah it was baffling when I first started in the industry and saw how much free medication they sent out when each one is 10k a shot and they send 3 syringes per patient.
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Tyranthraxus
06/30/20 1:46:45 PM
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Literally cheaper to fly to Germany, get treated, then fly back.

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Tyranthraxus
06/30/20 1:48:29 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
So... here's the real scam.
Claim it's worth $2500, "generously" let it out the door for $250, write off $2250 at tax time.

Meanwhile the insurance companies are the people actually losing money since they are buying it instead of selling "at a loss" so premiums go up for everyone.

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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 1:49:37 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Literally cheaper to fly to Germany, get treated, then fly back.
If arbitrage wasn't shit on and/or outright banned in this context, the problem would correct itself rather quickly.
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SmidgeIsntBack
06/30/20 2:14:07 PM
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DarkRoast posted...
Leave it to antivaxxers to not even know something isn't a vaccine

My b, should have picked a different word for my joke.

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ScazarMeltex
06/30/20 2:18:41 PM
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Guillotines for the whole lot of them.

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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 2:24:45 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Guillotines for the whole lot of them.
Too bad the guillotine maker is also price-gouging.
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onedarksoul
06/30/20 2:25:44 PM
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Fauci likes this too, I believe.

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ScazarMeltex
06/30/20 2:26:38 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Too bad the guillotine maker is also price-gouging.
Luckily you can make a guillotine with supplies you can buy at home depot.

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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 2:27:35 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Luckily you can make a guillotine with supplies you can buy at home depot.
Which aisle has the bigass steel blades?

I'm, uh, asking for a friend.
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UnholyMudcrab
06/30/20 2:27:44 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
ScazarMeltex posted...
Guillotines for the whole lot of them.
Too bad the guillotine maker is also price-gouging.

What a pain in the neck
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ScazarMeltex
06/30/20 2:32:04 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Which aisle has the bigass steel blades?

I'm, uh, asking for a friend.
Just get an appropriate sized piece of sheet metal. Stainless steel or galvanized would work best, cut it to size and sharpen it up.

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Questionmarktarius
06/30/20 2:34:30 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Just get an appropriate sized piece of sheet metal. Stainless steel or galvanized would work best, cut it to size and sharpen it up.
You need a rather significant amount of mass to slice the head off in one drop.
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Foppe
06/30/20 2:35:00 PM
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TC, look up Daraprim.

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Tyranthraxus
06/30/20 2:35:49 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
You need a rather significant amount of mass to slice the head off in one drop.
The guillotine was weighted. It didn't work based on just the mass of the blade.

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Lorenzo_2003
06/30/20 2:39:08 PM
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onedarksoul posted...
Fauci likes this too, I believe.

Hes the one I first heard showing support or at least optimism about it. It might have been two months back?

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monkmith
06/30/20 2:45:24 PM
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piles of coke dont pay for themselves.

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Ruvan22
06/30/20 6:45:09 PM
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onedarksoul posted...
Fauci likes this too, I believe.

Likes price gouging?
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pikachupwnage
06/30/20 6:46:25 PM
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Propane4Sale posted...
Would love to advocate for something bad toward the CEO but I would be warned or suspended for it.

He should be executed for crimes against humanity

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pikachupwnage
06/30/20 6:48:59 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Which aisle has the bigass steel blades?

I'm, uh, asking for a friend.

Whoa damn what did your friend do?

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Dark_SilverX
06/30/20 6:54:19 PM
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Nice. Apart of the American Dream.

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1NfamousACE_2
06/30/20 6:57:14 PM
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Thats why I will just use hydroxychloroquine

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