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tomc1985
on May 9, 2016
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How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by B...
That's 2x to 3x the before-tax income of your average non-tech-employed American. Are you kidding?!?!
greeneggs
on May 9, 2016
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But isn't it worth two or three years of income to save your life? It seems absolutely worth it to me, frankly a much better value than almost anything I spend money on (I mean, Netflix?).
tomc1985
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Not if people who can't afford it have their lives ruined simply because they can't afford it
greeneggs
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How is someone's life ruined by the existence of a treatment option that didn't exist before?
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