'But the GOP’s vote against the Inflation Reduction Act and capping insulin prices is perfectly on brand when helping death is part of the agenda,' writes WajahatAli
” caucus. Which is weird, because they could have voted to ensure every American suffering from diabetes could procure their life-dependent doses of insulin at $35 a pop, and they chose not to.
. In a country with both an obesity crisis and a health-care system where even people with “good insurance” can go bankrupt because of a health crisis, you’d think the GOP would be looking for ways to puff up its supposed “economic populist” credentials, rather than voting against a modest price control that would help keep tens of millions of Americans from, you know, dying.
For perspective, a vial of insulin costs around $10 to produce. The three drug companies which represent 90 percent of the global insulin market gouge the prices to make obscene profits every year. They’re willfully, one of the discoverers of insulin’s therapeutic value, who felt it was unethical to profit from this life-saving medication. In fact, his co-discoverers agreed, and to prove it, they sold the patent for only $1.
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