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		yunwal 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $... > Making a statement that most poor people in America can’t get epi-pens is false. Most poor people can for free. There are 26 million uninsured in the US and deductibles also exist for everyone so this is just blatantly false

trollbridge 15 days ago [–]

I guess it depends on how you define “poor” and “uninsured”. Considering most of America offers Medicaid expansion or ACA plans, being uninsured is basically a choice.

yunwal 15 days ago | [–]

Im sure the 4 million uninsured kids could’ve sold lemonade on the weekends or something

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