[ipnon]

On the homepage they say they markup the manufacturing cost by 15%, include $3 for pharmacy labor, and finally apply shipping and handling based on location. It seem even with such healthy margins they're still an order of magnitude cheaper for some medications. Big Pharma looks obscene sometimes.

[zdragnar]

"big pharma" aren't cut out of the line, it's the distribution company that sits between the manufacturer and the pharmacy.

[GiorgioG]

> Big Pharma looks obscene sometimes.

Sometimes? The medical industrial complex's MO is to squeeze as many people (in the USA) as they can for every penny they have. The American sheeple have been duped to vote against their own best interest (a single-payer system). We don't have the best medical care in the world and we pay at least 10x for it.

[paulluuk]

Why do you use the word "sheeple"? What is the intended effect you wish to have on the reader? Is it supposed to be half insulting and half funny like people saying "no shit sherlock", or does the word have a more profound meaning to you?

[armitron]

Your single payer system would end up as yet another bloated inefficient government bureaucracy that never goes away. NHS would pale in comparison. No thanks.