The  that only insurance companies felt the price is an audacious lie by Shkreli and his people. Documents that were subpoenaed for the congress hearing revealed that people <i>with insurance</i> got stuck with 30%-50% co-pays. At 75.000 a bottle a 40% co-pay is still a 30.000 out of pocket expense. Regular people have to remortgage their house to come up with this kind of money.<p>Shkreli basically lied about everything. He lied about his business model. He lied about the availability of the drugs. He lied about his programs that supposedly made the drug available to people who could not otherwise afford it. The guy is a real piece of work.<p>Watch the hearing on C-SPAN if you don&#x27;t believe me.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.c-span.org&#x2F;video&#x2F;?404183-1&#x2F;hearing-prescription-drug-market" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.c-span.org&#x2F;video&#x2F;?404183-1&#x2F;hearing-prescription-d...</a>
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.c-span.org&#x2F;video&#x2F;?406885-1&#x2F;sudden-price-spikes-decadesold-rx-drugs-inside-monopoly-business-model" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.c-span.org&#x2F;video&#x2F;?406885-1&#x2F;sudden-price-spikes-de...</a><p>Found the timestamp, starts at 00:41:00 (second hearing) where victims of Martin Shkreli talks about their attempts to mortgage their house in order to pay for the drug for their sick child.