re: Biden stops reduction in Insulin prices

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They shite is free

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Community health centers, patient advocates and other groups pushed back on the rule when HHS proposed it last year, saying the changes were unnecessary and could do more harm than good. The National Association of Community Health Centers has said the rule reflects "a fundamental misunderstanding" of federally qualified health centers and the 340B program. And providers worried the regulation could reduce patients' access to care by cutting deeper into community health centers' thin operating margins.

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Republican lawmakers have expressed concern about expanding the 340B drug discount program. But their complaints have generally centered around hospitals, not community health clinics. Federally qualified health centers are legally required to reinvest any savings from 340B in community services, a standard that does not apply to hospitals.

Experts say the rule probably wouldn't make much of a dent in drug prices because it wouldn't affect most providers or patients. HHS admitted as much in its final rule, saying it would have "minimal economic impact."

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families legit struggled to afford life saving meds for their kids. There’s no reason for this. Synthetic insulin has been around since I think the 30s, but maybe it’s the 50s. Either way - it’s a while. There’s no R&D costs that big pharma is recovering from it. It’s like the a-hole Epipen thing. The high price (at gunpoint) Xiden authorized is literally corporate welfare to Big Pharma.

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