How is it even possible to afford $800 for insulin? It boggles the mind
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2025
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It is widely available, just not in the US
Please support the Open Insulin Foundation who are creating an open source model for insulin production! Such an important project!
Capitalism is economic terrorism.
Technically a funnel system for 1%.
It's almost like someone should go and shoot the CEO dead in the street
ceos are like head slaves on plantation. While they are pieces of collaborating shits, they are not the root of this rot. And even those that are, are so intertwined with everything that you cant fix this just by getting rid of them. All this shit is so annoying, since its so tangled up there is no clean way to deal with it and if you do it wrong, it just leads to something even worse.
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One could argue that patents and copyright are anti-capitalist
And no capitalist would want to get rid of them.
They are, actually. The point of patents and copyright is not to protect the creator- that's a temporary effect. The point is to release the thing to the public afterwards. The problem is that capitalism corrupts the process and finds ways to make the temporary effects permanent. Disney has succeeded in making copyright last effectively forever.
Copyrights and patents generate enormous amounts of wealth from rent seeking. This wealth has been used to continue to entrench these draconian concepts into our legal and governmental systems.
Even worse they have been used to stop the spread of information and monopolize development thus slowing down technological advancement. So many people have died so these clowns can make a buck.
One could argue that artificial scarcity is a farce, but unless you have more money than the people who benefit from IP, your voice will not be heard on a policy level.
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In Canada it is still considered expensive, but not even close to $800/month. It's only considered expensive because most shit like that is free or a very nominal fee, but repeated need is what it is.
'Murica, fuck yeahhhh!
The drug I have to take to live costs anywhere from $4,000-$5,500/month without insurance. This is actually cheaper than what I was on before—a cocktail of 4 drugs, some taken multiple times a day, that was almost $10,000/month. I’m lucky(?) that there are a ton of programs that together cover the cost for me. Unfortunately there are hoops I have to jump through every month to continue qualifying for the assistance and have to regularly take time off from work to make the appointments. I’ve lost jobs due to this, but am currently working a position where my manager is happy enough with my work to fudge time cards to help me out.
I hate this country.
oh, it gets better. Baby born with Spinal and Muscle Atrophy? There is a cure! $2,500,000!
They hold lotteries for doses, a few babies win, most babies die.
Jesus, that’s terrible! I somehow hate this country even more now.
We all do. Luckily most of us only have to live with the fallout and not actually have to be there.
If he wanted it to be freely available, why did he even sell the patent ? Just disclaim at the patent office. Selling is just asking the new holder to start enforcing.
They sold the patent to the University of Toronto, so they didn't exactly sell it to a for-profit patent troll.
But also, that was in 1923, so the patent has long since expired.
They also don't make insulin the way that he did back then. Not justifying the price hike cause the way its made now is way cheaper than it was with the old method (which was basically grinding up animal parts to extract insulin). These fucks are just profiting off of the suffering of Americans who have literally no choice but to use their drug.
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Welcome to USA, I guess.
In other countries, you could probably completely fill a fridge with insulin for $800.
If you need a lot of different prescribed drugs then £114.50/year to cover every prescription you have is an option here. Otherwise £9.90 each.
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yeah. insulin isn't that expensive for me.
800$? Not even close.
Holy exaggeration.
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Sold the patent for $1, that's so Canadian.
If a transaction occurs for no consideration e.g. a gift, then there is always a chance for a progenitor to sue and claim rights as the transaction "never happened". This happens when a company acquires another and tries to strip benefits, so the company fires and rehires all employees so that is the consideration. I have personally reviewed hundreds of land sales for 10$ in Texas so there is legally binding consideration exchanged. Functionally it is a legally bulletproof gift.
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I genuinely think that in some third world countries, as part of the middle class, you can have a better life than in the USA.
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