r/MurderedByWords • u/Bad-Umpire10 yeah, i'm that guy with 12 upvotes • Dec 09 '24

#2 Murder of Week 68,000 Americans

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u/Agitated-Neck-577 Dec 09 '24

90% of this country is overweight.

Yet, 99% cant get literal breakthrough weight loss drugs because of insurance and pharma greed.

idgaf about the reality of diet and exercise. the actual reality is 90% of those people wont lose the weight otherwise.

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u/propita106 Dec 09 '24

I lost weight the hard way and have to work and keep it off. But if someone is willing to take the damn pill every day for the rest of their lives and lose weight—reduce the stress on their heart/joints/bones, reduce chances of diabetes and other ills, reduce overall healthcare costs, feel better physically/mentally/emotionally—my god, I’m all for it!

For people saying “but I’d have to take a pill every single day!”—hey, I have a thyroid issue. TWO pills every single day for that. Cholesterol and hypertension—ONE pill every single day for each. Losing weight got me off one cholesterol med, the numbers improved so much, recent studies show low numbers like that may actually clear arteries.

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u/Agitated-Neck-577 Dec 09 '24

reduce overall healthcare costs

the audacity of insurance companies asking if you smoke only to give you a surcharge.

meanwhile, an actual path to reduce health costs at a dramatic rate is denied.

its not a complicated drug. they just refuse to not charge people $500+/mo for it.

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u/SandiegoJack Dec 09 '24

It’s even dumber than that.

They charge that because they patented the delivery mechanism. Only reason they can charge so much(think they did the same thing with insulin or some other drug. Maybe I am thinking of the EpiPen?