millennial-review

thats-so-college-chick

$1 in 1922 USD is equivalent to about $14.95 today for anyone wondering.

skypig357

That’s some bullshit there

deviantwise2018

If what Sanders says really happens, it is indeed outrageous…OK , we Live in capitalism, profit-seeking and Money-making is how the system works, but there must be some limits, especially when human lives are at stake.

skypig357

Particularly when there is no need to recoup development costs

keyhollow

Necessary medications should have a % of original cost to produce and ship as a cap for charging

robthefrench

Come on y’all, this is so disingenuous it’s embarrassing. What a patent was sold for in 1922 (which is since expired!) has no relation to what it costs to make a drug (with a lot more safety regulations) almost a century later. 

onedumbjoke

yeah and guess what insulin is actually very cheap to produce

https://www.businessinsider.com/insulin-prices-could-be-much-lower-and-drug-makers-would-still-make-healthy-profits-2018-9