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		petesergeant 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $... > Because we have a backward system in the US where profits are extracted by everyone without any competition from a not-for-profit. California has an excellent non-profit option, and it depresses prices a bit, but not a huge amount

daveguy 2 days ago [–]

Yeah, some individual states do have not for profit, and it does help. These are the vast minority of states. That's why it should be available nationwide as a public option.

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