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by isawczuk 994 days ago
$220 to fill prescription is wild. I'm wondering why there are no tech solutions that solve it for a fraction of what you pay
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Please elaborate why said "tech solution" to a societal problem wouldn't end up with the "tech solution" provider undercutting the incumbents by a thin margin and pocketing the most of the difference? I'm not against somebody making money by eating into the fat cats' margins, but this sounds like merely making a different cat fat, without a substantive improvement for patients.
The idea is a prescription requires human judgment to decide this is a wise move. If you take out the credentialed human, you might as well just sell it OTC without a prescription.
If you already have a prescription and just need a refill it doesn't seem reasonable at all (I mean charging $200+ for it, having some human oversight is fine).
Nor did I suggest charging that much was reasonable.
That would be OK with me.
I don't really care that much either way. Just explaining why, as things stand currently, you aren't likely to get a cheap "tech" solution.
I’ve heard it’s due to excessive regulation