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An absolutely shocking decision, which will have immense negative consequences for healthcare and healthcare costs far into the future. A license to turn false hope into profit margins and commissions for snake oil salesmen.

List price is $56,000 per year if you're curious.

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List price doesn't matter in US healthcare FYI.

The fact that pharma has managed to obfuscate true prices is its own indictment of US healthcare.

(edit) made my comment a bit less confrontational in tone

It's really the PBMs who have obfuscated the true prices. Check out the formulary incentive structure.

Idk why the downvotes, this person is basically correct. Maybe downvotes because people find it distasteful? Lots of correct things are distasteful.

Here's a discussion of the various ways of thinking about drug pricing in the U.S. (e.g., Average Wholesale Price (AWP). You can search using the acronyms if you're curious: https://www.rjhealth.com/2019/07/31/drug-pricing-101-reimbur...

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