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[–] suenas_sacrifice 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Tbf they do have a point. A days worth of insulin is 2€ in Germany cuz we have regulations that forbid the pharma and insurance companies to make near infinite profits from people's life or death situations.
[–] wanderingblade 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Don't kid yourself. It's subsidies. Sure there's corruption and greed but people don't understand how much drugs cost to develop research and produce. Even insulin which is long past any patents, has to be made in vivo. It's more scalable than pig pancreases but still. Cells don't make a lot of insulin even under optimized conditions, then you have to purify it. I would guess that $2.5 dose costs more like $50 to make. I work in pharmaceuticals and most of the money is spent well. Where I work anyway
[–] suenas_sacrifice 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Congrats that's literally what insurance is for who don't work for profit here which is the reason why it's so cheap (:
[–] wanderingblade ago
Oh and also: human insulin is cheap, but most people use insulin analogs. I can elaborate but the cost is 10x as high
[–] tadiabeteslover ago
2€ also because of nationalized healthcare, so it's like everyone has insurance. With insurance in America, I pay $10 for 3 bottles of insulin, which lasts me about 45 days. So what's that? $0.45 per day? Clearly not comparable situations.
Two more things, though. 1. What's a 'days worth of insulin' actually mean? If you eat more carbs, you're going to need more insulin. Are they like me, and eat a low-carb type diet so insulin needs remain low? Or are they stuffing their face with McBeetus, Starguzz, and bakery/cakery options? 2. Of course, like others have said, I use the most generic type so my insurance company pays the majority, but I choose to do that rather than go for the most expensive types.