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Given there are 8 million people that take it regularly, I'm not sure I agree.

...that the price of a biologically-necessary medication is even an issue, at all. It should be affordable/given to all, seeing how it does not cost much to manufacture at scale.

Essentially, businesses are charging people to stay alive.

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/the-price-of-insulin-...

I think you're willingly missing what OP is implying.

I don't think it's a good thing, but I do think it unfortunately is a real political issue.

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