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  The subset of population that contributes the least to a productive society reaps the most in benefits.
  
  Capitalism going mask-off these days, it seems.
context: Also, if you’re 65 or older, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the shingles vaccine is now available at no cost. 
  In 2022, it cost around $400. 
  Please tell your parents or grandparents. >
  
  My sister got the latest shingles vax last year at CVS for free and she wasn’t 65 >
  
  That’s awesome! It should be free everywhere for everyone. >
  
  It's not free, the cost is just shifted to premiums. 
  Drug prices are messed up due to how PBMs negotiate rebates >
  
  Why isn't this for everyone? >
  
  Which is funny because the anti-vax crowd, which is now largely Republicans, are constantly posting “you’ll make the Covid vaccine free but not insulin or cancer drugs?!?!?” as if it’s some sort of conspiracy, directly after voting for the people who explicitly make that the case >
  
  If insulin was free they’d find a way to convince people it has micro chips in it. It’s about winning even if people have to die along the way. >
  
  Thus killing only Republicans? >
  
  Sounds to me like insulin's mostly microchips. >
  
  Listen, I got my shots, so why the hell does the 5G service, wherever I go, suck so much ass? >
  
  You probably need more shots or to go on a second date with Bill Gates. >
  
  Wait when did ....
  Microsoft shutdown noise, followed by a dial tone
  Microsoft-up noise, followed by my waking up
  I'm sorry, what were we discussing? >
  
  Insulin should be free. Diabetics need it to live. >
  
  All healthcare should be free. >
  
  Right...that's what government is for, to provide for its people. >
  
  There is no government without the people. They seem to be forgetting that. >
  
  They didn't forget, they just have a different definition of people. >
  
  Regular insulin should be free in the United States. >
  
  Try getting therapy or counseling for depression and and anxiety it’s 4 to 500.00 dollars an hour >
  
  Where do you live that it’s so high? My ex is a therapist and charges 60$ an hour for uninsured. Then splits that with her practice. >
  
  Anything remotely that affordable near me has a 6 month wait-list, especially for men. >
  
  Pardon my ignorance but do therapists charge differently for men vs. women? Or only take fewer men as patients? >
  
  
  do therapists charge differently for men vs. women?
  
  I assume that would be quite illegal unless they can prove that they spend more hours/resources for men vs women. >
  
  Not sure about the legality of charging differently, but around me, many therapists advertise that they only accept women as clients, which seems to be ok from a legal standpoint. >
  
  Why only seniors?
  American healthcare system is a dystopia. >
  
  
  Why only seniors?
  
  Because the GOP wouldn't support it for anyone else. >
  
  Even if you’re a senior who benefits from this, how can you think this is OK and support the gop? >
  
  
  Even if you’re a senior who benefits from this, how can you think this is OK and support the gop?
  
  May I introduce you to the Church of Fuck You Got Mine? >
  
  “But, I worked for this. I paid into it my whole life!!  Why should the government give this to people who didn’t work for it???”
  —The usual explanation. >
  
  Meanwhile, almost all senior citizens on Medicare get more out of it than they paid in, but boy oh boy, don't try to point that out to them. >
  
  It's progress, but it is admittedly frustrating to see only the seniors benefit when this could be benefitting people under 65.
  I get that it's the GOP's fault for this, but it's infuriating all the same. >
  
  Trump announced it as an election bribe/policy but then he lost.  Republicans then slow walked the relevant legislation until it finally got passed as part of budget reconciliation which then took a while to come into effect. >
  
  I love the irony of this quote from the link that guy you replied to provided:
  
  Trump also used the announcement to disparage former Vice President Joe Biden, his likely 2020 Democratic opponent, claiming that "Sleepy Joe can't do this, that I can tell you."
  
  Looks like "Sleepy Joe" came through where Trump did not, yet again. The Democrats are always there to clean up the mess the Republicans leave them when they're voted out of office. >
  
  It's crazy how things like this happens in a rich country as US. In my country (Brazil) insulin is free for those who need and we are a development country. I can't understand someone vote for a politician who negate a basic things like this. We have a lot of problems but the last guy who tried to diminish the population access to health system gave up after protests around all over the country. Guys, this is basic and you should demand it. >
  
  
  Guys, this is basic and you should demand it.
  
  Impossible with a Republican-controlled House and Supreme Court. The next two years will be nothing but government shut downs, Hunter hearings, and gridlock, with no progress from Congress whatsoever, sadly. >
  
  diebetic here - always vote and never vote republican
  they want to kill you and rob your corpse. period >
  
  What if the federal government decided to produce it's own insulin? >
  
  So in America you have to be legitimized as poor before you can have a medication that was discovered a 100 years ago and is prevalent and cheap worldwide but costs an insane sum of money…in America. 
  We could do a paragraph on guns and health care too. Only problems in America.
  Edit: my point, this isn’t a new law, this is a grotesque admission of failure by a so called leading nation and a joke for an announcement. >
  
  The guy who invented insulin intentionally didn't patent it because he wanted it to be affordable to everyone. He would be so sad to see what's been done with his discovery. >
  
  Meanwhile young, poor people with diabetes are invited to die. >
  
  Everyone else, drop dead or go broke. >
  
  Bruh these insulin pills are fucking insane. $110 per pen?!?! $500 for a 25 day supply?!?!??!!???!!!!!! This is a damn Porsche payment! This is a damn robbery and the executives of these companies should be in jail. What’s the difference between what they are doing and PharmaBro? Insulin execs boosted prices over a longer time? It’s still medics extortion. It’s so messed up. It’s so unAmerican and simply wrong. >
  
  We just need fucking universal healthcare already. All citizens are entitled to healthcare. It is a human right. >
  
  Yay the absolute bare minimum! >
  
  Thanks to Lucy McBath (D). >
  
  They thanked her so much they redistricted her right out of there. (She did win in her new district, at the expense of another democrat) >
  
  shes in georgia, where redistricting is done by the legislature, which is controlled by republicans >
  
  So is this what democracy looks like? >
  
  This should be for EVERYONE!! Insulin's price is so jacked up, there is NO reason it should be allowed to be that much >
  
  Cool now do it for everyone >
  
  Meanwhile, my ass was calling up my RX insurance provider because it was changed in the new year, seeing if my insulin was going to be covered under the new plan.
  I tried calling before Jan 1 on the off chance they could tell me ( the app was saying it wasn't covered) but the very nice person on the other side of the line (seriously, she did her best and could likely hear my stress lol) could find info for all my other RX, but not that one. 
  I at least found out they covered my insulin when I called last night! But it's a nail biter lol
  My insulin not being covered would drastically change our finances for the worse. It's hard to explain to some the emotional toll it takes when you have type 1, or any other disease that you have by no fault of your own, and knowing you could financially ruin your family for a chronic condition. Hell, it doesn't matter if it was your "fault".
  NO ONE should have to worry about financially ruining their lives for medicine or medical care. >
  
  For some it can be the same as a monthly car payment and others the price of an expensive mortgage. Not even including the other device related expenses to help manage it better. >
  
  As a non American I had to read the first few comments to work out if this feels cheap to you guys. >
  
  My mother thanks the gov't. She spent the last 6 months with barely any insulin and had to spare some from friends and use other kinds, just because she turned 65 and her insurance dropped for medicare, and she couldn't afford more than 1k per month in insulin. We're so happy this is finally happening. >
  
  One more reason to realize Republicans and their supporters are nothing short of domestic terrorists. >
  
  Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin
  The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive.
  Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades.
  Third, there is the problem of patent evergreening. Newer formulations have prolonged the patent life and extended the monopoly on these products to the present day.
  Fourth, there are barriers to the entry of biosimilars. Because insulin is a biological product, similar products that are almost identical to the parent drug are technically referred to as biosimilars and not as generics.
  Fifth, there are middlemen who exercise considerable control over market share and stand to gain from a high price. Payments from the insurance company go through a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) who negotiates the price of insulin with the retail pharmacy (negotiated price) as well as with the pharmaceutical company (in the form of rebates).
  Finally, there is the lobbying power of pharmaceutical companies. >
  
  Great, now do it for everyone... Smh >
  
  Things like this are exactly why we need to protest and riot. >
  
  Cool, healthcare should be free >
  
  There are other people besides the old on Medicare. Are they just going off of age? >
  
  GOP blocked it for everyone except demographics that tend to vote for them. >
  
  How old do I have to pretend to be? I could probably pass for 90! But young people are poor too… so… >
  
  The article doesn't explain how this will work. Will medicare only pay up to $35 per month? >
  
  "Plans can’t charge you more than $35 for a one-month supply of each Medicare Part D-covered insulin you take, and can’t charge you a deductible for insulin."
  Thanks. >
  
  The difference in price will get paid one way or another whether it be through higher monthly premiums or lower reimbursement to the pharmacy. PBMs are already reimbursing me below acquisition for brand name insulin products. It wouldn't surprise me if some pharmacies begin to turn away diabetics if this trend continues. Hopefully that's not the case. >
  
  Yea, to bad for none Medicare people. It only costs me 400 for 3 months even with decent insurance >
  
  This could have been done for everyone if it weren't for republican opposition. >
  
  What happened to the free insulin? >
  
  It becomes free after death and taxes. The American way >
  
  So all you have to do is make it to 65 to not have diabetes while poor not kill you. >
  
  Seems to me that seniors should just get a job and stop eating avocado toast if they want to afford insulin. None of this socialized healthcare bs! /s >
  
  The subset of population that contributes the least to a productive society reaps the most in benefits. Weird.