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I don't feel bad for hospitals, I feel bad for the patients in hospitals who suffer because of the greed of private companies.

I doubt that's the case in Italy.

In the US yes, thanks god not every country has 3rd world healthcare.

The third world finds this comparison rather offensive.

This was an Italian hospital, not an American one. Devices and drugs are dispensed at cost, or lower, and that number often comes out considerably less than the public list price.

Either which way, typical healthcare profiteering is not going to end well here. There is simply too much on the line to allow people to block or threaten progress.

Considering your company probably makes them for <5k I'd say it's sad all around