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I imagine that it's too much to hope that this could ever lead to criminal charges?



Why would increasing the price of a good lead to criminal charges?


Because the lied to the government and misclassified the drug as a generic. By doing this, they can give out half the discount as with brand name drugs. Generics are discounted ~11% when sold to Medicaid, but brand name drugs are often discounted 20-30%.


Then just fine them, why does this have to be a criminal issue? It should only be a criminal issue when they did this knowingly and maliciously instead of checking the wrong box somewhere.


You try checking a wrong box that nets you millions, and see how willing the justice system is to take you at your good word.


They just fine you. People who get audited for millions oftentimes just pay a fine.


Because it's not any good, it's a medical device


Ah, so necessities can't be too expensive? I guess we need to arrest the owners of restaurants that sell food for too much now.


Food is a necessity. Eating at a restaurant is a luxury, hence the tax.


Oh, so we should put the grocery store owners in prison if they overcharge, then?


You've either gotten lost in your own useless metaphors, or you're trying to be clever and failing. Either way, this is no longer really a discussion.


You've given up because you can't justify putting people in prison only for raising their prices?

Now you've excused yourself from the discussion because you have no arguments left. I'm fine with this.


My economics professor had an ax to grind but he's right in that we don't live in a free market.

He gave the example of how the sheriff paid a gas station a visit when gas first reached a dollar. He said the gas station had two choices: sell at 99.9¢ or lower or shut down the gas station.


Actually the gas station was already selling at 99.9¢ because that pricing was already in effect from when one gas station owner sold it at 12.9¢ per gallon and everyone copied him since they were losing business.


Note who the CEO's father is.... That was even high in the list of Google suggestions when I typed in mylan ceo....




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