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857477457 t1_item6hy wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Science, technology and innovation is not addressing world’s most urgent problems by jlpcsl

  1. Erectile dysfunction shouldn't be a joke.

  2. Insulin is expensive because of how insurance works in the US, not because more money was spent on baldness.

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[deleted] t1_itf1kca wrote

What I’m trying to point out is the vast majority of the science and tech are focused on what can make money more that what can we do to fix x.

The company who sells insulin raised the prices to maximize profit. Insurance industry had nothing to do with their choice to raise the price. Proper regulatory control would not allow this.

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