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PatrickforB

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9. Well...at the risk of appearing cynical, my prediction is that when this drug comes on the market it will

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 01:37 PM

Wednesday

be priced at maybe $60K a dose? So expensive that the choice becomes come up with a truly financially crippling copay and go bankrupt

OR

die.

Because our whole sucky health care system is based on third party payments to publicly traded insurance, pharma and healthcare companies.

Sigh...

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