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Rex

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15. Close the tax loopholes and that won't happen

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 04:31 PM

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Gilead, maker of $84,000 Hepatitis C drug, avoided $10 billion in taxes, report says [View all] workinclasszero Jul 2016 OP

I was on combo therapy here in Stockholm of sofosbuvir and simeprevir AntiBank Jul 2016 #1

Good thing you don't live in the USA, and not a billionaire angstlessk Jul 2016 #4

This is the price Americans pay for workinclasszero Jul 2016 #6

Transplant is my field in nursing ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #9

Sweden is part of the Nordic Transplant Union with Norway Denmark Finland AntiBank Jul 2016 #10

Thank you! ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #16

My husbnd is on the liver/kidney Texasgal Jul 2016 #19

all my best hopes and wishes that one comes soon AntiBank Jul 2016 #20

Did they pay taxes in the countries where they made their overseas profits? nt hack89 Jul 2016 #2

Given that it was Ireland, I'm gonna take a guess that they used the double Irish loophole GummyBearz Jul 2016 #7

Again, to put the price of that drug into some perspective: LeftyMom Jul 2016 #3

It's not cheaper than the alternative... angstlessk Jul 2016 #5

I know. LeftyMom Jul 2016 #11

That is so sad...I am sorry to hear that. angstlessk Jul 2016 #13

It wasn't even lack of funds, they just slow walked the paperwork. LeftyMom Jul 2016 #18

that 250K is from 2002 its up to 750K now and over 1 million at a top 10 clinic AntiBank Jul 2016 #8

Yeah. Going through it with my parents. LeftyMom Jul 2016 #12

Thank God they discovered that a living person can survive angstlessk Jul 2016 #14

I am. We're in the worst region of the country for liver transplant wait times, LeftyMom Jul 2016 #17

Also check prices here Anasjk Mar 2025 #22

Close the tax loopholes and that won't happen Rex Jul 2016 #15

I seem to recall that Rumsfeld is connected Gilead... Thor_MN Jul 2016 #21

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