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by siidooloo 2511 days ago
Is that US price with or without any insurance? Most countries negotiate a lower price with the drug companies the same way insurance companies do. I don’t see how Canadians negotiating a lower group price is worse then Americans paying someone to do that.
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It's the average sale price of the drug in the US. So, mostly with insurance (~90% of Americans are covered).

(The study was done by HHS and was focused on Medicare, which sets prices based on a weighted average of market sales price, including negotiated discounts by insurers.)