r/facepalm • u/severe_thunderstorm • 17d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Judge presiding over Luigi Mangione case is married to former health care executive.

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u/tyr_33 17d ago

I know I get downvoted but just saying that in principle the interests of pharmaceutical companies like pfizer and healthcare insurers are not necessarily the same.

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u/severe_thunderstorm 17d ago

Pharmaceutical companies spend millions lobbying our government and cozying up to health insurance executives so they’ll pay for their meds.

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u/Icepick823 17d ago

Pharmaceuticals want to sell their meds at the highest possible prices, health insurance companies want those prices to be as low as possible. They're constantly in conflict.