don't forget the inventor of insulin sold the patent for one dollar because he thought free healthcare was important

Luckily the US doesn't have any of that communist / socialist nonsense. Caring for your fellow countrymen and women is so unpatriotic.

I was like " Huh, what about the US?". Then I noticed the looooooong red bar at the top.

But… but… but… socialism! Evil socialism! The US needs to grow up and open our eyes. We are being taken for fools by capitalist companies and convinced it (somehow) makes us “free” and “the best”.

And in Germany we pay only 5€ for it at the counter, the rest is covered by insurance. Free for children under the age of 18 (like all meds)

I had to get on a charity program to pay for my Chemotherapy through Novartis who is the manufacturer. Even with Insurance it was still $3000 co-pay and without it was $26,000 for a 28 day supply. So they approved me for their charity program so I was able to get that one for free. I still had a ton of other d***s and I'm so far into medical debt that once everything is over I'm going to file Chapter 7 Medical bankruptcy. The house I live in is under my Brother's name, but even if the took that and my 17 year old car it would barely make a dent. I'm currently have over $400,000 in debt which is still being added too. I'm on disability, so NO I don't have a hope of paying it off. Every debt I owe is medical, because I don't have any credit cards, car payments and I'm having to split my mortgage and utilities, which is why I have 3 roommates, I can't even afford an apartment on my own. So that and taking care of Mom while she was alive is why I'm still in the Hood.

This is one list I wouldn't mind bing at the bottom of.

$35 per month cap on Medicare. Thanks, Joe.

In Ireland it’s free for every diabetic as are other medications for things that can be impacted more by diabetes such as high blood pressure medication and cholesterol medication etc

Wow. I knew we (PL) are cheap but I didn't know we are that much cheaper in compare.

I'm from Canada. We do get free healthcare, but apparently our eyes and our teeth are not important for our health 🤔🤑

Seems like everything in America is a grift or a racket.

In my local hospital (UK) we have a glass case with a transcript of the inventors mission- free healthcsre. There is an original syringe and glass bottle and in all these years since, the price here has remained the same. Free.

Shame on the companies using a life threatening illness to make such an exorbitant profit!

US GOV: "People? Where we're going - we don't need people!" ;)

Actually US Prices are high not because of corporate greed, but US govt regulation. Professor Robin Feldman, who is the biggest expert in the US of Dr-ug prices has written extensively on this, especially in her book "Dr-ug Wars" where she shows how regulations around insulin created the prices. But that Pharma companies years ago lobbies for those regulations to keep out competition, before it ended up backfiring, and congress isnt interested in repealing it. In fact companies make less than $1 per vial in the US. States that put in caps on prices, all the companies do it put the costs onto other meds, raising their prices.

I believe it's lowered to $35 per month max in USA now for Medicare. Biden tried to extend to commercial insurance but was blocked by republicans in the house.

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This is criminal.

The Biden Administration addressed this: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/02/fact-sheet-president-bidens-cap-on-the-cost-of-insulin-could-benefit-millions-of-americans-in-all-50-states/

Actually that's misleading. The cost in NZ is over $100 a vial, but we don't pay that. Most pay $5 per script item, some pay $0 for scripts (poor).

This really illustrates how dumb the maker of the poster is. Just look up actual cost, not to consumer. Australia pays triple per unit compared to US due to their poor trade and biochem infrastructure. The cost your seeing is price to consumer after government pays, ultimately costing taxpayers more.