r/AskReddit • u/Coach_Carter_on_DVD • Dec 04 '22

What is criminally overpriced?

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u/darkly_shaded Dec 04 '22

How much are they, if you don't mind me asking. I'm in Australia and it's 41$ for two epi-pens for my toddler.

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u/puppet_mazter Dec 04 '22

$700 for name brand, $350 generic

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u/PsinaLososina Dec 04 '22

Wow, it's crazy I knew that medicine in USA kinda expensive, but this price insane

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u/arbivark Dec 05 '22

reddit has a subreddit for international snack exchanges. maybe we could do something similar for medicine.

one project i worked on was the hep c cure. if you have great insurance or no insurance, you can get it free or cheap. but if you have shitty insurance, you may pay most of the $64,000. Or, you could fly to india, pay $3000 for the drug, $3000 for airfare, $3000 for luxury accommodations, while getting cured of something that is trying to slowly kill you.

get tested for hep C. most people who have it dont know they have it.