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The EpiPen and What's Wrong with American Healthcare

submitted by PlayhousePals

7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago

YouTube: Three times in the last two weeks, people — a patient, a colleague and my wife — told me stories about how out of control the price of EpiPens were. Monday, my New York Times colleagues recounted in detail how expensive the devices have become in recent years. All tell the tale of how much even basic health care can cost in the United States.

But by digging a bit further, the story of EpiPens can also explain so much of what’s wrong with our health care system

8 Comments

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/30/investing/epipen-alternative-100-dollars/index.html

The drug and the auto injector cost 3-7 dollars to make.

PlayhousePals

jokingly says...

It's the shipping and handling that gets ya every time!

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/30/investing/epipen-alternative-100-dollars/index.html

The drug and the auto injector cost 3-7 dollars to make.

Also worth pointing out, when employer subsidized insurance does cover the exorbitant cost of these drugs, it's still being implicitly paid for, but is hidden as a lower salary.

This is the time of the year when I have to renew my kid's prescription. I friggin' hate September because most of that cost falls on me because of my deductible.

I friggin' hate Epipen. Yet I need it just in case my kid goes in to anaphylactic shock. This company has my family and many other families by the balls.

StukaFox says...

I had to buy an Epipen in Paris last year and I was able to buy it over-the-counter for ~$70 (65 euro).

Gimme that socialized medicine any day of the week.

Babymech says...

America! Love it or experience difficulty breathing, tightness in the throat or feeling like the throat or airways are closing, hoarseness or trouble speaking, wheezing, nasal stuffiness or coughing, nausea, abdominal pain, or vomiting, fast heartbeat or pulse, skin itching, tingling, redness, or swelling!

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