Pfizer will list its COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid at a price of $1,390 per five-day course when it soon hits the commercial market, the drugmaker confirmed to Axios.

Why it matters: Paxlovid’s new listed price, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, will be more than twice the $529 paid by the federal government, which until now has maintained the entire U.S. supply of the key antiviral medication.

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    As a high-risk individual, this fucking sucks. Capitalist vultures trying to bankrupt me everywhere I turn.

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    Health insurance companies probably finding some obscure study to deny claims for Paxlovid. Or just follow UHC claim practices. Deny all claims initially. Slow roll it.

    Patient either gives up or pays out of pocket.

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    Honestly 1400 for a 5 day course of this is more reasonable than I expected. It’s still unreasonable, but I just figured it’s be way higher.

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    Remember when the COVID vaccine came out and all the “nationalize healthcare” mfs started worshipping pharmaceutical companies as the greatest thing in history? Pretty funny, huh?

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      Magnificent! You’ve successfully constructed and attacked a straw-man by conflating economics with medical science, and displayed your total ignorance of … everything … in the process…

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      Remember when the COVID vaccine came out and all the “don’t nationalize healthcare” mfs started making up strawmen to argue against because they have no idea what other people actually want for society? Pretty funny, huh?

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      No, I don’t remember that. I feel like you’re making stuff up.

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        Here ya go. My point being is that two years ago if you criticized pharmaceutical companies as still being greedy, soulless corporations you’d be laughed at and shadow banned for daring to insult our world’s saviors.

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      …no? Because that didn’t happen. “The” vaccine was multiple different ones, including some made in China and the UK.

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      I’m guessing you’re an antivaxxer? Everyone still recognized the bs Pfizer and Moderna did during the pandemic. The world is not black and white, bad companies can still do things that benefit society.

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        everyone I dont like is a nazi

        Wrong. Got vaccinated within the first month of vaccines being given to the public and got boosted last week

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      What a clown comment. Other countries with universal healthcare pay significantly less for care and pharmaceuticals than Americans because their governments handle the negotiations.