Can anyone say "Too little, too late".

[Loki]

I hope they throw the book that this family. This is what a disgusting human being looks like.

Mylan pledges to make EpiPen more affordable
by Aaron Smith @AaronSmithCNN

The drugmaker is caught at the center of a firestorm over the rising price of prescription drugs. Mylan had raised a standard two-pack of EpiPens to about $600 over the past several years. It had cost $100 in 2009.
Following a recent uproar, including a public tongue-lashing from Hillary Clinton and a senator whose daughter uses the product, Mylan NV (MYL) said Wednesday it would help reduce the cost of the emergency allergy drug for people who are struggling to afford it.
In a press release, Mylan said it would provide instant savings cards worth $300 to patients who have to pay full price for the drug out of pocket. That amounts to about a 50% price cut for people without insurance or for patients with high deductible plans.


http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/25/news/companies/mylan-epipen/

Wow, just fucking wow a 50% price cut to $300 for what once only cost $100. Still got to make that money on the backs of children's lives. She and her Dino POS Senator father deserve a special place in hell. And yes I do support Real Democrats, but Manchin has never been one.

[Avalux]

1. Mylan only sells them in a two-pack; can't buy just one.

So patients will still need to shell out 600 bucks with that 50% discount. Disgusting.

[unblock]

2. this of course is an effort to do anything other than actually lower the price

at a minimum, keeping the price high but offering a "savings card" keeps the price high for people who don't know about the savings card and also leaves the door open for them to quietly let the savings cards lapse when the media heat wears down.

[Buzz Clik]

3. "I hope they throw the book that this family." The book? What book?

Are you suggesting that the price gouging was illegal?

[rurallib]

4. out of curiosity I looked to see what the price in Canada was

Looks like you can get a single epipen there. Looks like the single epipen is @$105 USD.

Thus two epipens are @ $210. Apparently they are OTC in Canada.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/08/27/epipen-prices-canada_n_11741240.html

Also it seems the head of food allergy Canada has pretty much guaranteed that the price won't rise in Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-wont-see-inflated-epipen-prices-allergy-official/article31570003/

[Adrahil]

5. But they'll keep fleecing insurance companies....

'Cause, ya know, that's FREE MONEY, and we don't indirectly pay for it or anything.

Horrible people doing horrible things.

[Mika]

6. Yep. It's baked into the system. eom

[Adrahil]

10. Yup, and then they get complain that....

Obamacare rates are skyrocketing. <sigh>

[bigbrother05]

7. This is why Medicare/Medicaid can't negotiate lower drug prices

Congress forbids the gov't programs to get lower prices. That way they keep getting higher insurance payments and rebates keep the peasants from coming with torches and pitchforks.

[Adrahil]

9. It's a giant goddamed scam! NT

[Ilsa]

8. It's way past time to regulate drug prices like they were a utility

and monopoly.