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ask-an-mra-anything:
flaccidrap:
verifiedque:
micdotcom:
What would you do if the price of your everyday prescription rose 5,500%? That’s exactly what happened to Daraprim (pyrimethamine), a drug originally developed over 60 years ago, that helps immunocompromised HIV and cancer patients. After Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager, acquired the drug for his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, he raised the price by 55 times overnight. Shockingly, this type of gouging is fairly common.
I’m shaking… Y'all reading this?
this is why they don’t want a cure. there’s more money in repetitive treatments than one cure.
this is precisely one of the main reasons i am for universal healthcare. it is morally reprehensible to profit off of medicine. it is morally reprehensible to make money while people are dying because they can’t afford what you’re selling.
ask-an-mra-anything:
flaccidrap:
verifiedque:
micdotcom:
What would you do if the price of your everyday prescription rose 5,500%? That’s exactly what happened to Daraprim (pyrimethamine), a drug originally developed over 60 years ago, that helps immunocompromised HIV and cancer patients. After Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager, acquired the drug for his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, he raised the price by 55 times overnight. Shockingly, this type of gouging is fairly common.
I’m shaking… Y'all reading this?
this is why they don’t want a cure. there’s more money in repetitive treatments than one cure.
this is precisely one of the main reasons i am for universal healthcare. it is morally reprehensible to profit off of medicine. it is morally reprehensible to make money while people are dying because they can’t afford what you’re selling.
