[ForHackernews]

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> Or stopped being covered by insurance? Trikafta’s sticker price is more than $300,000 a year. Insurance typically covers most of that cost—minus what can be significant co-pays and deductibles—and Vertex offers co-pay assistance. But patients’ lives ultimately depend on decisions made by nameless bureaucrats in rooms far away: Insurance plans can suddenly change what they cover, and in 2022, Vertex announced that it would substantially reduce its financial assistance.

[Aloha]

I suspect very strongly at 300k a year, its still cheaper than treating CF via existing means.

[bdcravens]

Yes, I (CF patient) just had a one-week hospital stay, and right now the (retail) price of that vacation is around $100k the last time I looked at all of the bills. (fortunately I have amazing insurance)

[Aloha]

When I saw you mention multiple hospital stays a year, I went "well a single admission runs about 20k" and extrapolated from there.

[Sammi]

Of course. All medicine producers know to price their product just below the alternative.