[ExI] Why is “cost of living” such a big problem?

[John Clark]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

> *>>> **John look at that list below.  If the developers of those
>> medications have no way to make back the cost of development and
>> qualification thru FDA many times over (to cover the risk) investors would
>> not put money in those companies and none of those medications would exist.*
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>> *>> …And the cost for developing those drugs should be entirely paid for
>> by United States citizens and by nobody else?! …..*
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> *> No, the cost for developing the drugs should be paid for by investors,
> which can be from anywhere. *
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*But who pays the investors back and gives them an additional profit for
taking a chance and making an investment? The sick people who use the newly
developed drugs. Can any sick person from anywhere use those drugs? Yes. So
why are sick Americans that use those drugs THE ONLY SICK PEOPLE that pay
for it?  *

*> If IP law is not robust, investors will not dump piles of money into
> medical research.*


*A keen grasp of the obvious. I want to know why American citizens are the
ONLY ONES that must pay for using these new and improved drugs. *

*> in the next congress.  I confidently predict the new party in power will
> use most of its term fighting itself.  Its mainstream will fight its
> emergent socialist wing.*


*And I confidently predict that if, in the next 3 years, the mainstream of
the Democratic Party does NOT become socialist then the entire party will
undergo an extinction level event because, like it or not, socialism is the
future of the human race. Unless of course we have no future at all because
AI decides to kill everybody.  *


>> *>>…Are you sure you're a libertarian? *
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> > *Of that, I have never been surer,*
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*And yet you have never said one word of criticism over Donald's
aggressively anti-libertarian, idiotically anti-free market, tariff policy.
Why? And I have never heard you criticize the president for making
anti-libertarian **anti-free speech actions such as suing newspapers and
Cable News channels for saying unflattering things about the current POTUS.
Why? *

*And I have also never heard one word of criticism from you over Donald's
Iran war even though the Constitution, which you claimed to love, says that
POTUS can NOT declare war on anybody, only Congress can do that. Why
doesn't that bother you? *

*John K Clark*









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>               Examples of Price Disparities (Estimated Out-of-Pocket /
> List Price)
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> *Medication*
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> *Common Indication*
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> *U.S. Retail Price (Approx.)*
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> *Canada Retail Price (Approx.)*
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> *Ozempic* (Semaglutide)
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> Type 2 Diabetes / Weight Loss
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> ~$950 – $1,000 / month
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> ~$300 – $330 / month
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> *Eliquis* (Apixaban)
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> Blood Thinner / Stroke Prevention
>
> ~$550 – $800 / month
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> ~$130 – $150 / month
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> *Lantus / Humalog* (Insulin)
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> Diabetes
>
> ~$280 – $350 / vial
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> ~$30 – $45 / vial
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> *EpiPen* (Epinephrine 2-pack)
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> Severe Allergic Reactions
>
> ~$550 – $650
>
> ~$100 – $150
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> *Xarelto* (Rivaroxaban)
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> Blood Thinner
>
> ~$590 / month
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> ~$135 / month
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> *Advair Diskus* (Fluticasone/Salmeterol)
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> Asthma / COPD
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> ~$350 – $400 / inhaler
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> ~$80 – $160 / inhaler
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> *Januvia* (Sitagliptin)
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> Type 2 Diabetes
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> ~$320 / month
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> ~$165 /
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