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This is how Europe works. And it works well, and the reason the US pays WAAAY more for items like this. The US also allows price gouging of course..

No sympathy for those who want to gouge ill people. About time, I hope the rest of America gets to buy cheaper insulin. Saying otherwise is a disgrace

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Your idea of Europe is wrong. Where do you get this information from? Europe likes a lot more free markets and is a lot more conservative then that Americans try to paint it while having their own politicial wars.

This is not how Europe works... Misconception no1: Denmark has no minimum wage. We rely on market forces.

It is truly terrifying to see how the narratives about Europe, and especially my home country, have infested the internet to a point where young people in Denmark actually believe random foreigners online know more about Denmark than their parents.

Is Denmark representative of Europe?

Find the person that wants to mimic the Greek healthcare system and not the Danish.

I’ve never heard of a European healthcare system mass producing its own medication (except in communist countries and their remnants). European healthcare systems achieve lower prices through bulk orders and using the massive market to negotiate lower prices.

> through bulk orders and using the massive market to negotiate lower prices.

Although through regulatory pressures: "if you're too expensive we're not approving you"... usually works.

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