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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget… inside their bodies.
minus-squarePickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up134arrow-down1·7 months agoI can’t wait for when medical implants require a subscription so that I can routinely pay to live a normal life! /s because it seems like it’s still needed even if it feels obvious
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-27 months agoKind of like prescription drugs? I’m already living that dream!
minus-squarePickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoHey now, dontcha know they mark up prices if you pay with insurance? It’s how the drug companies get even more money! If you quit your job, the medication might actually be only $4k! /s
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoActually, no joke, most drug companies will happily give you coupons or even free meds. They already got everything they can out of your insurance, they’ll happily bump that $700 out of pocket cost to $10.
minus-squareAzzu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·7 months agoI like to live dangerously and leave my /s’ at home.
minus-squareMeowing Thing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI prefer to keep my /S always behind me
minus-square██████████@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoAs an amputee believe that would still be an amazing improvement solely for me as an american tho with kick ass medicaid they do anything for us my austrian made leg is more engineered than my car and dont even ask me about the one made in Cali
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·7 months agoSuper that’s 2000$ a month now under a subscription plan in the usa
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoIsn’t this already how medication works anyway?
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoWould you be interested in our new DLC which can reduce the side effects of our medical implant by %90?
I can’t wait for when medical implants require a subscription so that I can routinely pay to live a normal life!
/s because it seems like it’s still needed even if it feels obvious
Kind of like prescription drugs? I’m already living that dream!
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Hey now, dontcha know they mark up prices if you pay with insurance? It’s how the drug companies get even more money!
If you quit your job, the medication might actually be only $4k!
/s
Actually, no joke, most drug companies will happily give you coupons or even free meds. They already got everything they can out of your insurance, they’ll happily bump that $700 out of pocket cost to $10.
I like to live dangerously and leave my /s’ at home.
I prefer to keep my /S always behind me
As an amputee believe that would still be an amazing improvement
solely for me as an american tho with kick ass medicaid they do anything for us
my austrian made leg is more engineered than my car and dont even ask me about the one made in Cali
Super that’s 2000$ a month now under a subscription plan in the usa
Isn’t this already how medication works anyway?
Would you be interested in our new DLC which can reduce the side effects of our medical implant by %90?