re: #20 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

You know my buttons get pushed whenever I see someone declare something is “free”.

Insulin is not free in Norway. It is paid for out of taxes, so the citizens do pay, just not at the counter.

Now, the reason the stuff costs so much in the US is because the sellers know that America believes profitability is next to godliness.

There is a cost for insulin, even though it’s off patent. It’s not zero. There are production costs that do need to be recouped, but it isn’t $700 as in the US. It’s far closer to zero (but not zero). How insulin still manages to cost as much as that is because pharma companies have realized that reformulating and/or manipulating the delivery device can allow pricing to rise - like making it automated, using stick pins instead of syringes, etc. Again, it shouldn’t cost $700 and it should be reduced.