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2021-06-30 Economy

Walmart says it will offer less expensive version of insulin at $73 per vial - up to 75% cheaper than other products on the market

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Got em comin' and goin'.
Sell em sugar H2O and junk, then hook em on insulin when they get Type II diabetes

Posted by Hupaise Thetch6007 2021-06-30 05:56|| 2021-06-30 05:56|| Front Page Top

#2 How 'bout raising prices of junk food instead? And no motorized 'mart carts'?

Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-30 06:02|| 2021-06-30 06:02|| Front Page Top

/\ How 'bout raising prices of junk food instead? And no motorized 'mart carts'?

Free 'big gulp' Mountain Dew's and oxygen bottles for all 'mart cart' operators.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-30 07:42|| 2021-06-30 07:42|| Front Page Top

#4 This after the Biden junta stopped Trump's plan for Medicare part D to to charge a max of $35/month (vs about $300 for a vial).

BTW, when Humalog was introduced in in 1996, it cost $21/vial. With mass production efficiencies, one would think it would cost even less, inflation adjusted.

Posted by Glomose Prince of the Veal Cutlets9638 2021-06-30 07:54|| 2021-06-30 07:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Walmart is doing this via private label which is legal. The product is made by Novo Nordisk.

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-06-30 09:21|| 2021-06-30 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 The conspiracy theorist in me says "I wonder if it's just insulin in the shots?"

Posted by Warthog 2021-06-30 09:27|| 2021-06-30 09:27|| Front Page Top

#7 If it's made in China, I wouldn't trust it.

Posted by Woozle Theamble4130 2021-06-30 11:18|| 2021-06-30 11:18|| Front Page Top

#8 nova nordisk makes its insulin in Clayton, North Carolina

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-06-30 11:51|| 2021-06-30 11:51|| Front Page Top

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