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My first child was born at 29 weeks, 2.5 months early. My second child I need a progesterone shot to not go into labor early. That shot was about $ 7.50 per shot and ideally you should get 20, one a week starting at 16 weeks and stopping at 36 weeks.
Then one company was granted patent rights and that shot became.... $1,700. And most insurances wouldn't cover it. I had Medicaid and they covered my shots. But other friends had to take out loans just to have a full term baby.
I don't know all the ins and outs of how patents work, so maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like it just hurts the general public when meds get patents.
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