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ghostDanceryesterday at 9:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

Nothing says capitalism and free market like good extortion on health products and services. That's the way to go USA.


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Aurornisyesterday at 10:02 PM

There is no free market at play here. This is the result of FDA regulations not allowing anyone to sell it unless they did a New Drug Application first, which could cost a billion or more. Therefore nobody in the free market was allowed to sell it without putting up the capital first, which they have to collect back now.

You could actually order this from amazon.de up until recently and have it shipped to you. That seems to have disappeared, though.

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terminalshortyesterday at 10:38 PM

Free market is the $20 over the counter in Europe, not the USA way.

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