Oh wait, it’s okay when rich whites kill you.

Then tell em to fuck off,we're denying this drug that could save your life. They don't care,they made thousands off of this person and now they are not about to lose it over an expensive drug.

BTW,these drug companies couldn't give a rats ass about the high price of drugs. It just gives them an excuse to deny coverage on the sickest people.

That cuts two ways: The real issue across the board is price gouging by big pharma.

... NOT classified as homicide? Premeditation, malicious intent, and ruthless execution are documented daily by greedy psychopaths, and they are paid bonuses.
Explain it to me like I'm 5.

and if they were honest, they would have to say "...but Greed is Good."

I think they read it as "Greed is God."

A Fani Willis is needed to find out.

human sacrifices must be made so rich people can get richer.

... "Our first obligation is to our stockholders." To which I reply, your first obligation should be to act as a decent human being, a task at which you have, thus far, failed miserably.
The proverbial substance is about to hit your fan with a resounding splat. As they say, FAFO, motherfuckers.

by statue that all insurance 'providers' are classified as non profit entities and delist from stock market. Remove all denial authority from them. They are merely the vessel to pass through payments. Allow them to set up small boutique for profit entities for private insurance that they have full control over but cannot be taken full public. Open up Medicare/Medicaid with some restrictions to make it competitive. Basically create something akin to the German system. Multi-payer with competition. It's also time to put some of our resources to use for the people of this country. I am not a fan of nationalization per se, but there is oil, timber, and other resources on federal land that can be monetized in a wise manner to create a sovereign wealth fund to pay for the citizens of this country to have a way to pay for healthcare.

and privatize Medicare/Medicaid and everything else so executives can get wealthy from death.

... benefits no one but the Wall Street Weasels that told their pet Republicans to shove it down our throats, whether we like it or not, just like Trump's promise to "protect women, whether they like it or not."
So the burning question is, how much of this evil treachery will we tolerate before shit gets real. If we let these traitors get too far down this path, there may be no turning it around.
If Garland had grown a pair when it really mattered, we wouldn't be in this mess, and the Orange shitstain would be in prison where he belongs, but nooo... Maybe his right leg is shorter than the other one, because right seems to be direction he leans when the winds of change start to blow.

But that is naturally of no concern to those ghouls.

With everyone else on the planet regulating drug prices, drug manufacturers get all their profits in the US.

no stockholders to demand more profits. It's a direct conflict when health insurance companies have a profit motive for people to die faster.

and they hide behind "shareholder value is the most important thing in the world" to justify it.

IOW, screw the women & children and LET ME INTO THE LIFEBOAT!

You just have to live long enough to qualify.
MEDICARE FOR ALL!

… in the name of Research/Development

And I’ll betcha there’s Fed money (and a university’s research) baked into that high-dollar pill

to kill the Kennedy nomination. It will be entertaining to watch.

come from government funded university research.

They usually reap the profits from research done by others and paid for by others.

... defines Elon Musk's business model. That motherfucker is poised to do incomprehensible damage if he's not reined in somehow.

locally for a Kansas City resident

I never hear that usage in any context relating to people in the Bay Area.
I was beginning to wonder if "Metro" was now a new reference term for Women or People in any city around the country. thank you .

so for Kansas City, it includes areas of Missouri and Kansas.

... click on your link and it's: ERROR 404 Page not found.

and $8,000 a month?
wtf?

I understand there are enormous expenses that go into the research and development of drugs. But many of these companies make enormous profits and pay their top executives enormous salaries.

We can trace the death back to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. We can then follow the chain of blame from the nurse who reviewed the claim to the doctor hired to rubber stamp those decisions. Then to division supervisors and department heads to the top of food chain President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue KC, for authorizing this policy. Her name is easily obtainable. She needs to be held to account.

I think these CEOs hide behind their deadly organizations. Trying to pretend they don't murder people for a living. They hope we will blame the $30,000 a year Blue KC nurse or the $160,000 a year Blue KC doctor. But really at the top are the people who really pull the levers of death. The $24 million a year CEO is really the one who would be responsible for the girls death. She makes $24 million a year and can't spare $8,000 to keep a person alive.

Unless Congress creates regulations to rein in pharma this will be a continuing problem.

It might only cost a $100 or less to make. They know it's a
drug someone would need & so they stick it to em.

I have been on Cosentyx for over a decade. List cost is over $7000 a month. My cost thru the Novartis Patient Assistance Program is $0. It’s based on financial need. In my case, that means having a yearly income under $103,000 for a 3-person household. I imagine their program for Promacta is similar.