US may pay 3x more than EU for Moderna’s US-funded Covid shot

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I'm very curious what's going on here... Does the EU just have better negotiators? Did someone in the CDC get their pockets lined to accept a higher bid? Is there some law or contract which prevented the CDC from playing hardball?

USA doesn't have any drug price negotiators. Your question is almost nonsense.

USA is capitalist system. The price is whatever the free market pays.

There is a debate whether or not medicare / medicaid needs to begin negotiating the price with these companies. But even the idea of a central authority performing a large scale negotiation is seen as socialism in our political system and immediately dies.

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