Recent comments in /f/Washington

c-g-joy t1_jeh5j2d wrote

Reply to Must see places in Washington by SunFlashy

When will you be coming? Will you be staying in Ocean Shores nightly, or will you be able to travel and camp/stay in hotels? Are you able to hike/have any experience, or more looking for driveable locations?

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romulusnr t1_jeh5iwy wrote

Reply to Meydenbauer Bay Park in Bellevue, Washington. by gmc3101

Kind of a weird park to get to. You take s nondescript turn off Lake Washington Blvd north of downtown, then down to a nondescript parking area, then you have to walk about another quarter mile under a bridge downhill to the water.

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forcustomfrontpage t1_jeh29iu wrote

Reply to comment by jrhoffa in Cap on insulin cost now permanent in Washington by aagusgus

Don't know what that guy is on about but there is a real danger in just capping prices, I don't think this goes far enough. Capping prices is just squeezing one side of the tube but not solving any problems, you need to fix the conditions that lead to the price gouging. It's not like it all the sudden dawned on pharmaceutical companies to gouge people, they've always wanted that.

If you want something to be available at a reasonable price in the quantities people need, you've got to find that cause and fix it, high prices are the result of a problem and not the cause of a problem.

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octopiano t1_jego952 wrote

Reply to comment by Wferguson11 in WA Teachers give me your thoughts by Wferguson11

Yeah I’m not sure where this person teaches but western WA pays pretty well. However, lots of districts are laying off right now and “surplussed” teachers get first dibs on available positions. It’s going to be tough year or two unless you’re in a math/science/MLL/SpecEd field. Good luck! I came from the South as well and have been so happy here.

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1dad1kid t1_jeglo8a wrote

Reply to Where to get Sun in the Winter? by Ok-Gift-7013

Eastern, Washington; Idaho. As others have said, parts of the Peninsula get more sunny days than most of Western Washington. Sometimes Whidbey and San Juan Islands will have sunshine when other areas don't as well.

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Merfkin t1_jegg2jb wrote

Reply to comment by Aginor23 in Cap on insulin cost now permanent in Washington by aagusgus

Capitalism is about getting the most money possible, period. If not reigned in, they simply boost the price and force you to pay it (in the case of insulin, the consequences for not buying the product is death).

We have about as "free" a market as it gets in the modern world, it's burning the planet and killing us in swathes. Letting companies do whatever they want means ruin for the average person.

Regulation got us a 40-hour workweek and safety regulations, the free market gave us 50¢/hr wages and child labor.

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zachm t1_jegc454 wrote

Reply to Cap on insulin cost now permanent in Washington by aagusgus

What this means is that either a) people will get a worse, cheaper form of insulin, b) everyone's premiums will go up, or c) some combination of the two. I'm guessing c).

"Insulin" as injected by diabetics is not a single substance. Instead, there are dozens of different drug products that mimic the human hormone. Depending on how well they work and the delivery method, some cost 20 times as much as others. Newer insulin drugs are both longer lasting and faster working, and easy to use needle pens cost way more than vials.

Here's a good overview of the cost differences between different drugs:

https://www.goodrx.com/healthcare-access/research/how-much-does-insulin-cost-compare-brands

Putting a cap on cost means insurance companies will decline to cover more expensive options. Those are the ones that work better and are easier to use.

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MyHappyAcnt t1_jegblon wrote

Reply to comment by Aginor23 in Cap on insulin cost now permanent in Washington by aagusgus

Slave labor is still quite common and encouraged by the "freemarket" and that's just the tip of the shitburg that is made of unfettered capitalism atrocities. Let's not forget child labor, union busting murder, Burnie madolf, and so on.

Markets need to be well regulated to balance the needs of the many against the greed of a few.

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