“I’ve said it before” = wore a Che t-shirt, once

true except it works better than all the other systems of government used.

Nice job blaming Obama rather than addressing the real issue. This bill was not the real issue. The way pharmaceutical companies can jack up prices with no checks and balances is the issue, and it goes far beyond the Epi-Pen. But I wouldn’t want to let common sense get in the way of your attempt to bash Obama.

Well I’d go into a whole diatribe about specialization of labor and it’s importance to civilization but I thought it was implied for anyone who has studied the world post industrial revolution.

The problem is not the product itself. The problem may not even be the monopoly that the product has over its own market.

I would like to know how much Mylan has spent on lobbying and who was on the receiving end.

“A mild peanut allergy” gets an Rx for epinephrine?! That seems like using a hammer on an egg.

Except the bill was to allow teachers and nurses to administer EpiPens in school under “good faith,” thus both saving the lives of school children having allergic reactions and protecting their would-be saviors from criminal and civil liability. Prior to this the teachers weren’t technically allowed to do it and…

EpiPens are definitely prescribed at the drop of a hat, because patients hear about them and request them much more frequently than they need them. I’ve had multiple people request them because they get local swelling when stung by bees without any other symptoms. Literally everyone gets local swelling when stung by…

I appreciate the summary provided by this article. The monopoly created here by Mylan takes significant advantage of those who rely on their products, and you have presented a great number of the facts well.

looks like those clowns in Congress are at it again, folks

Obama deserves blame for this. He signed the law.
Congress deserves blame for this. They passed the law.
The company deserves blame for this. They jacked the prices.
Sarah Jessica Parker deserves blame for this. She chose Big over Aidan.

But more than any of them, I blame you, WiscoProud. Ya bastard.

I just want to add that Anna Phylactic would make a great porn/stripper/drag name.

If this was an executive order, you may have a point. It wasn't. It was legislation that passed in congress and was simply sent to Obama to sign. You comment is basically the same as saying "Thanks Obama" to ridiculous things he had no control over.

Ditto. People DO think this sentiment is tinfoil-hatty, but corporations choose profits over lives every day. And some of it makes the news. But we still won’t believe it goes on in this particular industry.

It’s an interesting conundrum. On the one hand you have health care workers, some of whom literally take an oath “to do no harm” and are committed to providing necessary and quality health care. On the other you have corporations looking to profit off the sick and injured. It’s quite a messed up system.

I honestly believe that healthcare and medicine should not be part of the free market, just because of cases like this. Health should be a right, not something that only rich people can afford.

I often wonder how many, if any at all, life saving drugs are shelved because it’s more profitable to treat an illness than to…

This is the kind of stuff that gives the Pharmaceutical companies a bad name. This is a dick move in the name of big profits. Now I do not have an issue with making money, and I know drugs cost a lot in regards to R&D, but this is a drug where that time has long passed - and was shouldered by a different company - and…

Standard treatment. my step-dad, who once had to be airlifted from our camp on vacation due to a bee sting, spent about 2 years getting tiny injections of bee venom to build an immunity.

Very interesting. I am required to carry one of these while receiving immunology treatment to neutralize my seasonal allergy symptoms. Essentially they inject you with an aqueous solution of the allergens in your life and then make you sit in the waiting room for half an hour armed with an EpiPen JUST IN CASE. I have…