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We often forget what a wondrous world we live in. While getting caught up in our hectic schedules makes us oblivious to things around us, today we're gonna zoom in on the unseen and unnoticed side of things.

So welcome to Bored Panda’s amusing collection of the most fascinating and rarely seen objects, beings, places, occurrences, and everything that will bring out that inner curious child we have inside.

From a macro shot revealing the density of penguin feathers to rainbow cloud spotting, this is something you only see in a video game. Or if you open your eyes and pay attention. Psst! More incredible photos of rarely seen things can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.

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When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody

When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody

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Spotted A Rainbow Cloud From My Balcony. Not As Beautiful As Aurora But Pretty Rare To See Such Phenomena In India

Spotted A Rainbow Cloud From My Balcony. Not As Beautiful As Aurora But Pretty Rare To See Such Phenomena In India

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This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space

This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space

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Even in times of scientific and technological advancements, our beautiful planet remains full of mysteries. From the incredible bismuth crystal that looks like it came from some sort of sci-fi film to the enchanting glowing forest in Japan with its luminescent mushrooms scattered along the forest floor, there are so many exquisite finds on Earth. They make us question how much about the place we inhabit we don’t really know.

Some of the most standout mysteries that have been captivating the imagination of many throughout the years include Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The structure consists of a ring of standing stones, with each stone standing approximately thirteen feet high, seven feet wide and weighing 25 tons. It’s believed to have been built about 5000 years ago, but scholars still do not agree on what its purpose could have been.

Another mysterious object is the stone spheres found in Costa Rica, located on the Diquis Delta and on Isla del Cano. There are over three hundred petro spheres scattered throughout the country that are still considered a great, unsolved archaeological mystery. The heaviest of them weighs many tons, and they’re believed to be made of granodiorite.

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Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer

Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer

This Is T-Cell Immunotherapy

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#5

Not A Painting - Just An Iceberg Flipped Upside Down

Not A Painting - Just An Iceberg Flipped Upside Down

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Helen Haley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My berg became flipped turned upside down, I'd like to take a minute just float right here. Big ol iceberg floating with its butt in the air.

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Finally Got My Prosthetics In

Finally Got My Prosthetics In

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#9

Ice Eggs - This Rare Phenomenon Occurs When Ice Is Rolled Over By Wind And Water (Northern Finland)

Ice Eggs - This Rare Phenomenon Occurs When Ice Is Rolled Over By Wind And Water (Northern Finland)

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#10

Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging

Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging

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Miss Cris
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it rare because it's a man and not a woman? Where is it like this? In Spain there aren't women (mothers, aunts, granies) represented in this products, only babies.

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This Huge Tree In Cairo

This Huge Tree In Cairo

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#13

Highway To Heaven. 30-Second Long Exposure Of Airliner Departing From Runway

Highway To Heaven. 30-Second Long Exposure Of Airliner Departing From Runway

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#15

Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

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#16

My Dad Got A Periodic Table With The Actual Elements In It

My Dad Got A Periodic Table With The Actual Elements In It

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Steve Barnett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Goes without saying that not all the elements are actually there. Hence the Ionizing radiation hazard symbols.

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A Pistachio Plant

A Pistachio Plant

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Samantha PandaNotBored
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like a beautiful bunch of roses or tulips . I couldn’t cut them down , they’d stay 😁

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#18

The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses

The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses

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Miss Cris
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now I'd like to wear polarized glasses wherever just to find hidden rainbows.

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Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

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#21

What A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old Glacial Ice Looks Like

What A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old Glacial Ice Looks Like

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#22

This Close Up Shot Of A Dragonfly I Took With My Phone The Other Day

This Close Up Shot Of A Dragonfly I Took With My Phone The Other Day

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#23

Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything - Here’s Snowball, An Extremely Rare Leucistic Alligator

Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything - Here’s Snowball, An Extremely Rare Leucistic Alligator

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#24

My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows

My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows

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#25

Horses On A Plane

Horses On A Plane

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#26

Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue

Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue

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Gin. No tonic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's tilapia skin. The very common, quite cheap white fish that you can find in the supermarket freezer (at least in Europe)

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#27

This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

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#28

The Density Of Penguin Feathers

The Density Of Penguin Feathers

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#29

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Floating Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Floating Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle

He had nothing but his manned maneuvering unit keeping him from drifting into the unknown. First person in history to do something like this.

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#30

Sendai Daikannon, One Of The Tallest Statues In The World

Sendai Daikannon, One Of The Tallest Statues In The World

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M Calad
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am fascinated by the optical effect of the design. The statue is not at full body length, it's around 3/4, missing the bottom 1/4. This makes the brain believe that the statue goes lower (like if the legs of the statue extended down), therefore it's perceived longer than it actually is. How cool!

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#31

The Color Of My Kitten's Foot Is Split Down The Middle

The Color Of My Kitten's Foot Is Split Down The Middle

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#32

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

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#34

My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower

My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower

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Karl Leaning
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ahh, a dead rubbish bin plant. my mother used to grow one of these in the bathroom when I was a child. the flower smelt like a unwashed rubbish bin that had been left in sun for a week...

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#35

In Case You Haven't Seen Spider Feet Up Close

In Case You Haven't Seen Spider Feet Up Close

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#36

We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels

We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels

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#37

The UK Is Full Of Charming Crinkle Crankle Garden Walls

The UK Is Full Of Charming Crinkle Crankle Garden Walls

In England you sometimes see these "wavy" brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall needs at least two layers of bricks to make it sturdy, but the wavy wall is fine thanks to the arch support provided by the waves.

praxis_builders , GeographBot Report

#38

The Back Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

The Back Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

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#40

In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like

In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like

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#41

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

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#42

Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy

Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy

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#43

This Device Is Used To Measure Lengths On Maps. Simply Roll It Along Streets You Want To Use And It Tells You The Distance

This Device Is Used To Measure Lengths On Maps. Simply Roll It Along Streets You Want To Use And It Tells You The Distance

Trizocbs Report

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Maiun
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandad worked for British Ordnance Survey in the 1950s and 60s, he went out, measured the landscape and then hand drew maps. When he died, we cleared out his home studio and I found at least 6 of these in various draws, boxes etc. I remember sitting with him as a child running them over maps to see where we were in relation to landmarks etc. I still love looking at maps 30 years after his death as it reminds me of the gentle, kind soul he was.

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#44

Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

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#45

When My Cat Got Spayed, The Shaved Area Grew Back Chocolate Coloured

When My Cat Got Spayed, The Shaved Area Grew Back Chocolate Coloured

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#46

A Hand Of A Koala

A Hand Of A Koala

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Sheila McEnany Markowitz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Koalas have human-like fingerprints. They are almost identical, and even under a microscope, it is hard to distinguish the difference between theirs and those of humans.

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This Apple's Flesh Is The Same Colour As It’s Skin

This Apple's Flesh Is The Same Colour As It’s Skin

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Karl Baxter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made cider from apples like this. It came out bright pink and checked in at a hefty 8.5% abv. We named it “Prider”, put it in a rainbow box and served it up during Pride Week about 6 years ago. 60 pints sold out in about an hour! 🙂

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414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table

414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table

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$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills

$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills

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Foxxy (The Original)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's disgusting. Charging so much for life saving medication is sick and twisted.

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TmKhr
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Finland you'd pay maybe 20€ for those, and the government pays for the rest. That's public healthcare for ya.

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IlovemydogShilo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother has cancer. She has had 6 rounds of chemotherapy loads of different tests for all different things done and I can't tell you how many tablets and injections 2 long stays in hospital and a nurse that comes around to the house every couple of weeks and it hasn't cost her a penny as Cancer care if free in Ireland.

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Zuska Hájková (zuskah)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in fact, it is not free anywhere ;) it is just a social system, that allows us to protect patients from choosing between health and money, america is insane..

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Libstak
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They cost 12,000 in USA maybe, elsewhere they are covered by healthcare ....

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Jon Steensen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are ridiculously expensive, even when a state has to pay for them. I think that is problematic, even when they are used in a public healthcare system that could spend the money on something more productive than lining the pockets of some medicine company. Even in a public healthcare system, there is a limited budgets they have available to do the most good with. Spending a large portion of the budget on medicin, means that the service has to be reduced somewhere else, and the bill for overpriced medication still ends at the taxpayers. I think there should be a cap on how much companies can charge for life-saving drugs, as making a fortune on other people's misfurtune is just not right; especially when people die due to lack of ability to pay an absurd amount of money that is totally out of alignment with the production cost.

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Giovanna
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is so unfair. Health care is a basic human right. Every country, let alone developed ones, should provide it for free. In Italy this would cost 0 euros to the patient.

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Jeff Morton
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That sounds good and all..but if that were the case this medicine never would have been developed. While I am certain pharma gouges prices, there are tremendous costs involved with creating some treatments..especially for rarer diseases where there won’t be a lot of sales to offset the R and D. While it is nice and we do have subsidized healthcare for those who can’t afford their own health care..we have done well by using employer matched health insurance to offset the high costs of certain medicines. And at the same time we have the most robust, most advanced treatment options in the world. I think public healthcare is a great option for many countries but if you didn’t have the US private sector of medical..you would struggle mightily to obtain drugs for rarer conditions that are too costly to produce, you would lose the cutting edge aspect of medicine that Covid has shown is so necessary. Look at the vaccine programs - who produced the most efficacy..who produced the most doses. US

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regi stra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my mom get this (glivec) every morning since a lot of years, and she is very lucky, cause here in Italy she don't pay even a cent

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John C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gleevec (these tablets) isn't even the best example of this. Virtually all targeted oral therapies coming out these days are priced for what the market will bear - the price the manufacturers charge has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with research, development, manufacturing or distribution costs. They literally charge as much as they can get away with, which means for most new oral cancer drugs, each month's supply costs around $15,000 to $20,000.

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Carolyn O'Brien
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm on a chemo drug and Biologic for my autoimmune disease. The max i pay a month is e114 but the actual cost of the biologic was €2000 for 2 injections. It is disgraceful price to charge for life saving meds to a point where people simply can't afford to save their own life because of profit margins....xx

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m pretty sure all Americans know it. That’s like asking when Russians will wake up and get rid of Putin. Some shít isn’t an option for the public to be blamed for.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is so sad. It should not cost that much to save a life. You’re already fighting for your life so you shouldn’t have to worry about the cost, something needs to change.

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Jace
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of conditioned responses to defend corporate America in this thread are appalling. Pharmaceutical companies get HUGE grants of public money to develop their products. Then, after extracting value from society, they gouge that same society by selling at insanely inflated prices because they know they can get away with it. Some things are difficult to produce, but that’s the exception to the rule of expensive drug pricing in the USA.

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JustRoz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Price gouging .... people shouldn't have to pay that much to save their lives... wonder what the 'real' cost of these pills is.

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nunya bussiness
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah...at least in some parts there's free healthcare. i feel so bad because nowadays in certain parts you need to be a millionaire just to stay healthy. it is very wrong.

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BoredHuman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a Canadian, I am still blown away whenever I read what Americans go through with basic health care. This is so wrong. Poor then you die. How is that even remotely acceptable in this world.

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Jack Urquhart
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Robbing seriously ill people is a direct sign that the owner of the company producing them is going straight to hell when they die.

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Geri Taran
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it works, it's worth it. The only caveat is, where could one find them at a more reasonable price.

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John Spitz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a wealthy American, who could easily pay for those pills if I somehow had cancer, I WOULD RATHER DIE of cancer than waste my money to the evil pharmaceutical companies that jack the prices for nothing more than simply greed.

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Pheline
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I doubt that. When push comes shove I doubt you want to die. --------- In addition, almost every one blames Big Pharma, right? It's like blaming Joe Biden for inflation; simple, but wrong. Pharmaceutical R & D doesn't work alone in this, nor do they set guidelines or policy. Even if all you start with is reading labels you'll find out the US isn't the only place doing R & D.

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Yort
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So $12,000 will get you 30 cancer pills, and, what, 3 doses of insulin?

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Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s only 30 doses. A month’s worth if prescribed one per day. The pharmaceutical company charging $12000.00/month for lifesaving meds—-which probably only cost them the tiniest fraction of that amount to produce. Bastards. I hope Karma’s got a real party planned for them.

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Daphne Williams
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The meds weren't created out of nowhere by fairies. These meds might have taken decades to develop. Decades of paying the salaries and associated costs of the scientists who developed them and the staff who supported the scientists. The cost isn't the cost of the pills - it's the cost of everything that went into the pills existing at all.

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Julia McElroy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Taxes, kiddos. In countries where these drugs are covered by the government they are paid for by taxes. The cost in developing them is exorbitant. They literally do not grow on trees. You want affordable health care for people who can't afford these drugs? Pay higher taxes. Nothing crazy, just a little more all around. But, I guess, just don't put it in your back yard.

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Heather Davis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't capitalism great 👍😊 only people with money matter. The poor are there to serve the Ritch as they live there fabulous lifes. A whole world of slaves...... just wonderful 😊👍

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Kenneth Wright
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I take 400mg daily (1 pill) of these for my Systematic Mastocytosis. Years ago when I first started taking it it was $35,000 for 30 days. My insurance company denied it and my Dr. and I had to file appeals. Eventually they agreed to cover it but only at %50. To took my wife and I 3 months to scrape enough money together for a one month trial. It seemed to help and thank GOD that the next month they came out with a $10.00 copay card. Get this, once there was a generic (imatinib mesylate) the insurance company again denied my coverage for the name brand (the one with the $10.00 copay and wanted me to use the generic for $5,000.00 per month. So I had my doctor start writing "dispense as written. " to be able to get the $10.00 version. I won't even try to math for what the U.S. Retail price I would have paid by now for about to last 5-6 years would have been. I do know there is no cure for me and I'll probably have to take it for life.

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Linda Fulton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank God I live in Australia. My dose of 12 per day for 6 months was FREE. That was 183 tablets

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Steve Purcell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes it is very sick how they charge $400 dollars a pill... It probably costs them $5 bucks to make 30 pills if not less!!!!!

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Brittany Cook
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope they go to hell for what they put them and their families through. As if they weren’t suffering enough

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Caroline Bengtsson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thouse pills would be free here in Sweden, it's horrible that you have to pay that much just to survive. Free healthcare is something the US has to consider.

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Johnson MaryLou
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If only. :(. Often it's our polluted air, water, and fake food that gives it to us in the first place.

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Perry Edward Matthew Franz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But how else will BigPharma execs afford their private jets and hillside mansions?

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Margaret Redmond
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Ireland the maximum any family pays for prescription drugs is €150 per month. A family can be one person or 20. Also if you are diagnosed with a life threatening disease or a chronic disease, all prescriptions relating to that diagnosis are capped at €5.00 per month.

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Sharon Chang
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cannot “like” this pic because it’s an abomination to charge so much. I’ve lost too many friends and family to cancer.

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Libstak
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should make a fair living, everyone is entitled to make a living, the problem is they are gouging and gorging on the profits excessively, evidenced by the yaghting and private jetting lifestyles.

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Sandy Dyer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's what happens when you live in a country that allows medicine / health care to be a for profit business. Sick and wrong. I'm having total hip replacement soon because it's shot and I have to. Even with health insurance, I will have a bill that will likely take me 5-10 years to fully pay off. I wish I lived in a country without such f***ed up priorities.

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Libstak
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish you did too. Best wishes for your journey, hope it turns out better than you are fearing on costs.

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Chris Richardson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where meds are free…. What’s your income tax, property tax, fuel tax? How long to be seen by provider? In England, don’t many pay for alternative (private) insurance to be seen in a timely manner? It’s always about compromise.

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Deshna Samal
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s just wrong, people are making money off death. It’s just sickening.

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Karin Morris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is something the Govt should but some controls on. AIDS drugs are also extremely expensive. Pharmaceutical companies are despicable.

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isabell gibson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my ocd is raging at the sideways one...and the fact that they aren't all facing the same way.

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Girl_From_Rio
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Brazil you could get cancer treatment and medications for R$ 0, because we have public hospitals and clinics that are totally free.

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Orlean Grubbs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a business. They don't give a c**p about us. The rich live the poor die. Nothing is going to change that...

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Chris Cole
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I take a mood stabilizer and the cost of a 30 day supply is 18 grand

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Cadfael
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That would surely be in the USA. Certainly not in Australia, the UK, Canada or the Scandinavian countries.

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Garry Cowan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously the USA where the medical system is an outrage in western society

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Lorrie Finley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Somebody has to pay for the medication and Healthcare. If not the patient then everyone in the country. Scientists and Researchers need to be paid - they have families & need to eat too. Yes, there are *some* grants, etc., but creating a drug or medication takes years - years - and many more fail in early stages than ever make it through to the finish. Cancer drugs and similar ones called "orphan drugs" are much more expensive than meds used by the general population- not just because less people use them but because of what is IN them. Unfortunately, there are companies that are greedy and make huge profits off the drugs. These are not the norm.

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Mark Shark
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1 bag of my chemo infusion was $16,000. I needed 12 over 3 months.

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Lisa Fillers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It should be illegal for pharmaceutical companieS to charge outrageous prices like this to cancer patients or diabetics, or anyone.

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Ashley Shelton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shouldn't cost anything for someone's life to be saved bc I can promise you there priceless to there families. And I bet if anyone from the pharma companies got sick with cancer they wouldn't pay those horrible prices. It's a shame. Absolutely disgusts me.

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Carla McDonnell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many people are forced to choose between meds, food, or housing. It really is a shame. I've told my kids no life saving heroics because it would leave them in debt for my medical and funeral expenses since insurance is so expensive. Pretty sad that many folks have resigned themselves to the fact that if you are not rich, you will likely die before getting life saving treatment.

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Pheline
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not having insurance is more expensive but you will get care if you need it. Being a heroic victim won't help anyone.----- Here's a problem in the US - people who can't afford to work because they'll lose public health benefits.

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Amy Doyle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

God sake that is unbelievable. My mother takes handfuls of medication everyday, morning, afternoon and night. I swear I'd hate to think what it would cost us in America. I think we'd be forced into crime 😂. As no way in hell we could afford that. Thank God for free health care in the UK as she gets them all for free.

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Ching Ngaihte
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my place, the pastor’s sister had cancer. Terrible that it happened.😭😢

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Andy G
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically $400 a pill. That's sounds about right. When I had to get monthly injections, a chemo drug, it was $430 cad per injection. :/

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DOMENIC SURFACE
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THE PERSON BEHIND THE DECISION TO CHARGE THAT AMOUNT SHOULD GET THE TYPE OF CANCER IT'S GOING TO TREAT. F-CKING DISGUSTING. GREEDY S**T BAGS.

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Brandy Mullis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband has had cancer 3 times and I'm so very glad that he hasn't had to take anything but he's chemo. I feel for anyone that has to go through that or even a family to have to watch their love one go through that and then on top of all the emotions that you have when you are going through it yourself or a family member and have to pay so much money for something that may help you get better. I pray 🙏 for anyone that has been affected by Cancer. I love you and God Bless you all!!! ❤

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TC Croft
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I didn't have great insurance, I would pay over $6,000 for a month's supply of my rheumatoid arthritis medication.

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Laura Widzins
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People, you need to remember that the geniuses that ferret out these cures have huge college loans to pay for all that education they needed to get to figure out it to create these drugs. The trials all have government agencies watching each step they make. The trials take place in buildings which require upkeep, supplies to keep the administrative documentation, equipment to run the labs, safety protocols & equipment, etc. All that takes money, millions of dollars. And that's for the drugs that work....the ones that don't is money down the drain. Be thankful those geniuses have dedicated their lives to finding these cures...... THEY OWE THE WORLD NOTHING.

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Donald Lewis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been taking these for a few years. With insurance the copay is around 1000 dollars. Luckily, last year I got a medical assistance grant to pay 0. Now expired. It's an extra stress on top of dealing with uncurable Leukemia. The situation is unsustainable, except for multi billionaires

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Jeff Bunn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only in the United States, too!!! If you were to go to Canada or Mexico, the exact same drug from the same manufacturer would probably only cost $200!!! Americans pay for all of the “Research and Diagnostic” costs for each drug as well as the lobbying fees and FDA fees to get each drug cleared for use by the public worldwide!! We bear the brunt of the cost through our insurance companies!! And you wonder why you pay so much for insurance??? This is why!!!

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Susan Murray
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Canada medications are not paid for, but hospitalization is....

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Stephen Sachs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank You Big Pharma and all the congress members who let this happen.

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Kim Conn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe I am the luckiest American ever, but I had cancer in 2008/2009, with multiple surgeries, chemo by infusion, and radiation. Through the insurance policy available at work, everything was paid for mostly at 100%, once my deductible was met. And I luckily had a private policy just for cancer, that paid me $10000 for each year I had chemo or radiation. This helped pay my bills while I was out of work. I’m only telling this to say, yes I know our”big pharma” issues suck, but thank God not everything about US healthcare is as bad as others perceive it to be. I’m 13+ years cancer free, and got to see my youngest start college in 2021!

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Darnell Thompson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A f****** hate this world that little bit of f****** s*** right there that can save lives and these f****** f**** ass doctors f****** stuff in their pockets with this s*** I hope each one of them bastards catch that s*** and then we get the dangle that s*** in front of them

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Okatango
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Mom went through two rounds of chemo here in Canada. Cost to her: $0. We just pay higher taxes and then provide healthcare based on need, like every other (except one) developed nation.

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Patrick O'Harris
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds so strange to me because I'd only have to pay 5 bucks for that...

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Theo Triumphman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bastards ! Greed & Averase ! Medical costs should be illegal ! Where are our countries leaders ? Right there with the Pharm. Companies. Sharing the profits. Karma will fix ther bottoms !

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Peter Ledoux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe this is price gouging. Not to mention epee pens, years ago a friend told me they were 500.00. If my math skills have totaly left me that's 400.00$ a pill.

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Michael Labate
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

IF THERE IS A CURE FOR CANCER, WHY THEY KEEP SAYING THAT "TOGETHER WE CAN FIGHT CANCER ONE DAY"? IS IT, BY ANY CHANCE, THAT EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND MONEY?

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Kelly Newell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can’t believe the level of ignorance in this post. First of all, there’s no context to the cost and most people are acting like someone was forced to write a personal check to have access to them. Maybe - just maybe - the $12k is what they cost to manufacture. Or maybe that’s THIS package’s portion of the millions in research dollars it took to develop them. But my question for all of you touting this sh*t should be free - where exactly does free stuff come from?! It seems lost on the vast majority of you that SOMEONE has to pay for it!!

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Cheri Smith
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disgusting pharmaceutical companies. All about the money 1000%

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Kathy Coons
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should at least make them attractive for that price! Aesthetics are an important part of healing too.

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Lyn Moffett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s evil. People are dying because the companies charge extortionate prices

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josh plum
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that legislation hasn't been passed that could prevent this shows you how little our government cares about us. There should not be profit margins in healthcare and the prison system.

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Geza Petri
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pfizer, in America charges $50,000.00/ month for Vindamax. This is needed to "help" a protein malady in the heart. It is not a cure. It helps after two or three years of use. I am grateful for it none the less. Thank you insurance and Medicaid.

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Sterling Hill
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My very tight fisted - the kind that won't buy anything without coupons or deals off - uncle got cancer and after all the other treatments were exhausted, they said try this experimental one: $15,000 per shot and you need 3 shots. I was amazed the he said ok, he'd try it. He died not long after anyway. Read 'So Much For That' by Lionel Shriver about the cost and the despair of cancer drugs. Fiction book and really well done.

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Pam Toll-Designer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

do these pills give you cancer or stop it?? for $12000 isnt that just going to kill you ?

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GC
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not surprising. I take nine pills a month for migraines. Nine pills is all I'm allowed by my insurance. I'd take more if I could. They cost about 400.00 for nine. I can't function without them though. It's like this for almost all medications. They talk about the opioid crisis but opiates were cheap. They were clearly over prescribed and people got hooked on them but another reason was that they cost almost nothing and if they weren't covered, people could afford them. My dying father took pain pills and it only cost him about 100.00 a month for his pain medicines while his chemotherapy was thousands. He died anyway.

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Foghorn Leghorn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a shame that governments allow this gouging. Even when factoring R&D, etc., big pharma is despicable.

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MarsFKA
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In which country was this photo taken? Or should I already know?

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Jeannine Pope
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My entire professional world has been caring for oncology patients. Let me share what I have learned from my work. Most nationalized healthcare gets cheaper meds from US pharma because they get it on the backs of US consumers and the higher taxes they pay into social welfare. In the U.S. When you are diagnosed with cancer, everyone starts out on the same protocals for their illness as every other cancer patient of same cancer. Each hospital has a cancer committee that meets about patients and their diagnosis and their illness matches treatment plans based on their type and stage of cancer from the Natl Cancer Board. You exhaust those protocals before you get the very special stuff then onto MD Anderson and clinical trials. If you are retired, poor or rich -- you need will get covered. The middle class is screwed most often. Max out your insurance limits, be the primary insured and get ill, you don't get medicaid automatically. Employers cover that person. Rates go up next year.

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Melissa Alvarado
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meanwhile 90 pills of oxytocin is 35.00 cash if u dont have insurance. Smdh.

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Michelle Babicz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is blasphemy! Makes one hard-pressed not to wish cancer on whomever prices these drugs.

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Caroline Bengtsson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would probably be free here in Sweden, it's horrible that you have to pay that much to literally survive..

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Catherine Kubiak-Greco
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A perfect example of living in a true democracy - Liberty for All - if you are a gazillionaire...

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Kate Panthera
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's obscene. If I get cancer, i'll die, cause i don't have that kind of money. What's the use of living if you're bankrupt?

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Brenda Spagnola
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 1st chemo treatment for breast cancer was $127,000. The other 5 were almost $145,000 each. There was 1 medicine I had to take every 3 weeks for an entire year, at a cost of over $6,000 each. Lost my book (no biggie), got my hair back, 3years out things are still "different ". I'm alive and kicking, but I'll be paying the medical bills for years. And we had insurance and got some grants. Cancer is expensive. It it doesn't kill you, the bills just might.

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sari swick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband's Hep. C treatment was Harvoni costs $94,500 for a 12-week treatment. Our co-pay was $18,400 with insurance. The American healthcare system is horrid.

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sari swick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the USA but even with insurance from work, I couldn't afford the co-pay for my cancer Rx so had to buy then from Canada which is illegal for us to do.

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Diana Hockley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG, surely that is in America where they would rather people die than get life-saving medicines for free?

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Elizabeth Guss
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My MS drug, one 325mg infusion = $121,000.00. Fortunately, it's just 2 doses per year. Unfortunately, a quarter million dollars/year is too expensive to keep it up. (My co-pay is 25%!)

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Tony Rutherford
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

AMERICA, THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY! SURE,AS LONG AS YOU'RE WHITE AND WEALTHY. IT IS IMMORAL TO PRICE CURES OUT OF REACH OF POOR PEOPLE. NO ONE HAS MORE RIGHT TO LIVE THAN ANY OTHER PERSON. U.S.A DISGUSTS ME!

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Pheline
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shhh... Please don't shout. Caps lock isn't ok even for this entire rant.

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George Porter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 70 year old friend is taking the same tablets at ZERO cost to him. Fortunately he is in the UK. Exploitation of the of the ill is not a UK trait.

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Jackie Wacky
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what Boris Johnson wants to bring to Britain, because he hates our NHS.

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Jeri Woodrow
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that is the way health insurance “works “ in the usa!

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Ed Veek
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's nothing; my Multiple Myeloma cancer pills cost is $17781.34 for 21 pills.The pill is 5MG of Revlimid. & I must take them for 21 days than 7 days off & than start again.

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Ed Veek
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's nothing my cancers pills (21 revilmid pills) cost is $17,781.34. I need a refill each 28 days. AKA as Lenalidomide, Cap 5MG.used to fight multiple myeloma, a blood cancer.

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Cory Kent
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This doesn't mean patients pay $12,000 for this. It's how much it's worth in terms of costs.

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Catherine McKenzie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone that works for pharmaceutical companies can go straight to hell

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A_BadlyDrawnBearPic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe it. Shouldn't it be at least 50$, or 100? Not thousands of dollars, just for a pack.

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Cass Malone
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's way too much. Why does medicine have to cost so much?

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Mark Melton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is pure evil. Nothing but pure evil. We have to make a change, NOW!

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Mazer
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America please for gawds sake change the health care system ASAP

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Brian Bennett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that's probably wholesale, be triple the price when it gets to the suffering! Thanks BIG PHARMA!!

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Dogetothemoon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Life saving medication should be accessible by anyone. It’s a shame that it costs more then the finest caviar.

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nala simba
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They won't let you die in dignity, but they make sure you can't live either (at that price!)

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Katchen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This drug is a breakthrough medication. It was on the cover of Time magazine in 2001 and it cures chronic mylogenous leukemia. I’m not defending the price. A lot of the research was tax-payer funded. http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20010528,00.html

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Evie Grove
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could use all that money on other stuff. Make the pills cost less!

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DAISY
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH MY HEAVENS! HOW SAD IT IS TO THINK OF THOSE WHO HAVE TO PAY OUT OF PKCKET FOR THOSE!

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Ofer E
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Centralized medicin fox, just look at the benefits in Israel for example. The Covid pandemic era is just a distant memory for us.

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Kathy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nonsense! Far from being "a distant memory", The Covid19 pandemic era, with all its latest mutations, is still very much in evidence in Israel. However, it is true that, for Israeli citizens, the vaccines are still "free" - well anyway, for now, that is...

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Vicki Perizzolo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and the gov't wonders why people go bankrupt due to hospital/medical bills...

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Johnson MaryLou
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I doubt it. The government is what allowed it to happen. My son was on some expensive meds then once a generic version came out the price dropped over 75%. The companies are allowed to keep the prices high bcs the people in government get a hefty kick back from the Rx companies.

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Valentin Baldez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

total cost to make - maybe $100 (my assumption may be a bit more) - angry needed medication is so marked-up!

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Lyone Fein
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gee, where does all the money come from for Research and Development? Oh, our government? But where does the government get all the money? Oh, taxes? But I don't want to pay higher taxes.

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Lisa Hart
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Robbery!!! Sad how big pharmaceutical people only care for money.

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Mary Hurst
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Might be the same oral chemo a friend is taking. $500/per pill and she takes 3 a day.

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Mark Ramsay
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately until we get a better handle on cancer these pills and other drugs will cost a fortune to even just refine. On a plus it is something that hopefully soon becomes a simple treatment at the rate we are defeating cancer.

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No.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

move to the UK. Free healthcare, but slightly more tax

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Robin Pickering
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In England, this costs £9.35. If you're a child, retired or unemployed, it's free.

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Al Christensen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend declined treatment when he learned the pills would cost $12,000(US) EACH.

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lara
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And to think that it only cost 4 billion dollars to bring to cancer patients.

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lara
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/10/16/the-cost-of-developing-drugs-is-insane-a-paper-that-argued-otherwise-was-insanely-bad/?sh=19104f9c2d45

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Claire Armstrong
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am sooo glad we live in Scotland! My partners chemotherapy drugs - Ruxolitinib - cost thousands of pounds! We get free prescriptions here in Scotland, thank God!

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Franklin Besseling
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i had those.... was only €30,- a pill, so € 900,= for this batch.... That's NL healthcare for you....

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Carman Davis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

$12,000?!?!????? America's price on medicine is ridiculous!!! They just keep getting rich off our backs. Give us the cure we know you have!!

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Kai Wee Toh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Endgame capitalism. Throw the conscience away and rake in obscene profit. Some people back this sort of behaviour, because they have a subconscious fantasy about joining the ranks of these 'successful' fat cats.

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Shannon Jungerman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My year to date for 4 months of cancer treatments is equal to purchasing a house.

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Jelena Kovacevic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In canada this would be about $3800...still a crazy amount, and most likely would be given for free at our many cancer clinic, if you did have to pay, in my province it most likely wouldn't exceed $25

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The Cute Cat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh My God.. You could buy a house in my place with that sum.. That is crazy

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Lori T Wisconsin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s the republicans who want to keep the rich in power so they all get a free ride on the backs of the working class and poor. Stupid people like tRump supporters believe the BS they are fed. It’s so hard to survive in America now. As if the gun nut violence isn’t enough!

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Lynne Stark
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Americans are told that we must bear the burden of the research costs of medications. And why we must pay so much more. Half the politicians are against affordable health care because they claim that would be socialism.

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Soggy Crumpet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Which country researched and developed the COVID Vaccine and distributed it around the world again?

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Alistair Wright
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If people looked after their health and ate all natural vegan food, and no rubbish food, the need for cancer pills would be greatly reduced!!!

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Russell Ellwardt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine cost about 2.500 € per pack of 21 pills. That's 10 € for my wallet and the rest for my health insurance. However, as opposed to many rumours, healthcare in my country is NOT "free" because we pay monthly contributions to health insurance, the amount depending on the person's income, and these cannot be called cheap.

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Requiem
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And Woo medicince costs just as much for garlic and lemon juice cures

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Tara Ray
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

F**k this world. We give free help to drug addicts, education to prisoners and tons of money to other countries but over charge a sick person.

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Anne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please keep educating prisoners and help addicts. Just.. don't war so much in places that's not your own soil.That should save enough to do it all..

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