Well tbf trumps been doing the same

It'll only get worse...

Bbc holding the telly tubbies ransom lol

They are increasing the tv licence fee in England by £3 a year

and making it so that even older people need to pay it because they are going under

Because the bbc is aids

The ego on this man

Bernie in power making sure people aren't going bankrupt from medical bills and keeping Wall Street in check is going to cause 2008 all over again?

"Keeping wall street in check"
How well has that been going since 1929?

Also if Bernie wanted to make sure people aren't going bankrupt from medical bills maybe he should talk about dismantling the FDA

Instead he's just going to cause a shortage of treatment

Not so well considering all the lobbyists in Washington. If only there was a candidate running right now who doesn't take any sort of large donations or corporate pack money....

I'm reminded of the insulin scandal, wherein the price was raised to such an unnecessary level just because they could.

Lobbyists work with government

Someone who ain't bought and paid for by the system.

The lobbyists cant do anything if you take away the governments power to dish out special favours

A company rasing the price of insulin wouldn't be an issue if the government wasn't handing out patents for these companies which creates monopolies

Also you could buy insulin from walmart for like $25 right?

The price spike youre talking about effected insurance

I dunno. I'm in Canada. My stuff is mostly covered.

I agree with that sentiment about the insulin. Not to mention most of the drugs are funded by tax payer grants yet we don't get any rights to the drugs once they are manufactured.

Yeah drug companies shouldn't be funded by tax

Are there any researchers actively working on an actual cure for diabetes, or did they just say "we have insulin, good enough?"

Also the insane price of drugs in America can easily be put down to the FDA and patents in the medical industry

Explain how the FDA drives up drug prices?

Love to

How much do you think R&D costs drug companies

around 15%-20% of their costs

The production

The cheapest part of the actual process

Costs literal pennies for most pharmaceuticals

Where do you think the rest of the money goes

Regulatory compliance

And procedures and lobbying

The FDA must approve a drug before it's put to market

This process is the most costly part

and can take up to 7 years

Cancer research gets, what? Millions per year? Would it cost people the same amount to get their cancer cured?