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  It's a death cult more than a deathwish at the level of policy makers.  They're fine with Republican voters dying early because they think it affects non-Republican demographics more.
  Ideologically, it's justified by this weird American merger of market fundamentalism, social Darwinism, and Calvinist ideas of material wealth/health being a sign of divine favor.  People who get sick are seen as having somehow deserved it.  "You should have taken care of your body better, been more responsible.  You should have planned financially better or made more money."
context: I sincerely hope this is just the beginning of holding big Pharma to account, it seems their greed is boundless
  
  The California Department of Justice is suing three of the nation’s largest insulin makers over the high cost of the drug, which diabetics need to survive.
  At a news conference Thursday announcing the lawsuit against Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said the companies are finding ways to “aggressively hike” the price of insulin at the expense of many patients.
  The lawsuit, which was filed under the state’s unfair-competition law, also includes pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx as defendants. The companies serve as intermediaries between insurance and pharmaceutical companies.
  
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  In its lawsuit, the state is seeking remedies that include barring the companies from overcharging patients and restitution for Californians who overpaid for insulin.
  Bonta said he hopes the lawsuit will help push the price of insulin “much closer to the cost for production.”
  A 2020 Rand Corp. report found that the average manufacturer list price for a standard unit of insulin in the U.S. was $98.70. In Canada the manufacturer price was an average of $12, and in the United Kingdom it was an average of $7.52.
  
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  We need all of the states to join the lawsuit against them. There is a term for that, I just don't remember it. But anyway, fuck these piece of shit pharmaceutical companies, especially when the guy who CREATED INSULIN decided to give it away for free so that MANKIND COULD BENEFIT FROM IT.
  THESE FUCKING ELITE GREEDY PIECES OF SHIT have destroyed and killed thousands of people and it should be illegal, with jail time and fines.
  HOWEVER, just like the energy companies, just like wall street, the healthcare industry is "ToO bIg To JaIl" so, probably won't happen. >
  
  If they are simply forced drop the extortion, that would be great. >
  
  I disagree, sue their pants off and pay people back that have been ripped off for years >
  
  The ones really suffering the most from this are no longer able to able to afford insulin through prescription and have to utilize the gray market.
  We’re never getting a payout for the immoral financial load placed on our existence.  
  Source: Type 1 diabetic >
  
  Honestly as someone outside USA this heartbreaking. My T2 Boomer diabetic mama is drowning in free insulin in Australia: new test kits and their accoutrements. What’s with the right wing deathwish on their own (literal) dying demographic?? Are they just fucking stupid and don’t know their audience or am I the one that’s fucking stupid???