Because they are outrageously high. The American people are being squeezed of their money in every possible way so that it can be accumulated by people who could never spend the amount of wealth they have in several lifetimes.
Capitalism always ends up in fascism unless rigorously and regularly pruned. That's what happens in competitive systems: the winners keep winning until there aren't any more points to play for.
Most white Americans are racists. Hell, most AMERICANS are racists. It comes free with being raised in a white nationalist society that frames every racialized group as lesser in ways that range from implicit (depictions of Black folks in the news) to blatant (how everyone in power discusses Arabs).
In the wild animals that make their living off the Sick and Dying are called predators and scavengers.
Why wouldn't you call a human that does the same the same names.
$66 was already way too much. the government could just pay some of the cost of these medicines so something that costs $100 to make ends up costing $11 at market, but they never will.
I figured. Just wanted to add that most drugs are quite cheap to make once the process has been created. So their profit margins are the only thing that is causing this harm.
Each death from people not being able to afford life saving medication should be treated as a homicide. #ProfitOverPeople
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Maybe an EV car & space company CEO? 😏
Someday I hope the USA gets their shit together and has universal healthcare.
Gift that keeps on giving
Why wouldn't you call a human that does the same the same names.
They just fill the position with another target.
Scientifically speaking we need more data.
Just sayin'
The price gouging on drugs is in the hundreds of percents it costs them.
Each death from people not being able to afford life saving medication should be treated as a homicide. #ProfitOverPeople