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by viccis 261 days ago
Was talking about from a private clinic [1]. Obviously it's free via NHS. It's a good example of a system in which the government in incentivized to not tolerate drug price gouging.

https://www.citydoc.org.uk/conditions/rabies

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Not quite free for most people, we have to pay the prescription charge of about £12
Most dispensed _items_ are free of charge (as in, the prescription charge is not paid - only around ~11% of items are paid). There isn't enough data to know how that breaks down to people though.
Not in Northern Ireland weirdly, they have free prescriptions there
Is it a good example of drug price gouging? I would bet the major part of the price is that provider.
Yes, it's the drug.
So what's the breakdown of that $25k for the provider?