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  I wish I still lived in California, they have some great reps over there. Too bad it’s so expensive though
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??? >
  
  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." >
  
  Ja I can see where the right are coming from - Jesus always said the rich deserved 99% of the Lord’s blessings >
  
  The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus >
  
  My favorite part of the Bible is when the blind man asked Jesus to heal his vision and after Jesus found out he didn't have health insurance he urinated on him instead. >
  
  California finally throwing their weight around. As the most populous state with the biggest GDP, they should represent more of the populace with their greater resources. >
  
  5th largest GDP in the world. They should definitely be throwing their weight around when it comes to shit like this. >
  
  They should.  The US leads the world in the price of insulin.  It costs, on average, nearly 100 dollars for a vial of insulin (Rand Corporation data from 2018).  The vast, vast, vast majority of countries on this planet pay 10 dollars or less for that same vial.  This has been a noticeable gouging of the American public (allowed by our own government) for a couple of decades now.  Time to end this.  And, also ensure the pharma companies that have swindled so much money out of us are forced to return twice the amount they stole.  Justice is needed.  Justice is demanded.  Justice must come.
  Edit:  more than 7 million Americans use insulin.  Normally 2 to 3 vials a month. >
  
  This is why we need to approve of purchasing from abroad. It won't fix the problem. But that's going to need some fundamental changes that are going to take a while. buying insulin from Canada can happen overnight and the cost for the extra logistics should still be cheap enough to save a ton of lives. >
  
  That doesn’t make sense, the insulin is produced in the USA in the first place before being shipped to Canada and sold at a Lower cost. You guys are being fleeced, it has nothing to do with cheaper costs in other countries. >
  
  As a T1D for the past 28 years I have to say I hope there’s justice. We have no other choice.. it’s literally pay, move and pay, or die. And these companies know it yet are allowed to prioritize profit over public safety. Californias a start! But no way there’s ever any significant restitution paid as it’d be tens of thousands per patient… >
  
  I hope they have to pay fucking billions to all those affected by this. Greedy fucking pigs. >
  
  Don't associate pigs with those people they arent THAT bad. >
  
  Didn't Newsom propose or start an initiative to have California start state owned production of insulin? I'm finding articles about it from like July, but what's the status on that now? >
  
  We did. But building those facilities and hiring staff takes time. Then expanding capacity to make the a difference across the country will take years. 
  No reason to not take action now that can provide short term relief and while we're working on the systems to prevent any future gouging >
  
  They need to sue the Repugs.
  Repug are the ones who voted for unlimited insulin prices.
  Democratic party voted for an insulin price cap of $35/month.
  As always, the Repugs are to blame.
  The party of chaos and fake outrage. >
  
  CA should just start making it themselves as these companies have priced themselves out of the market.