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“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care

arstechnica.com “Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care

Prices would need to be dramatically slashed to avoid increasing the national deficit.

“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care

A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world tree @lemmy.ml 6mo ago

"Outrageously" priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care

arstechnica.com /science/2024/05/outrageously-priced-weight-loss-drugs-could-bankrupt-us-health-care/

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In the US, the estimated net price (after rebates) of Wegovy is $809 per month. In Denmark, the price is $186 per month. A study by researchers at Yale estimated that drugs like Wegovy can be profitably manufactured for less than $5 per month.

Sounds like we already got the solution...

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