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watwut
on Aug 10, 2024
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HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for eve...
The price was not paid "by a country". It was paid by a random American. Not all Americans are rich, 1000 is unaffordable for quite a lot of people.
zinodaur
on Aug 10, 2024
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For most rich countries, it is payed for collectively by the country because of their healthcare system.
TimedToasts
on Aug 11, 2024
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That's great but irrelevant to the topic.
That price was paid for by an American consumer or taxpayers.
zinodaur
on Aug 22, 2024
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Only because Americans insist on their self-harm health insurance system. Americans are both collectively wealthy and have a very small number HIV infections per capita
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