The decision could give the president another tool to use in his effort to lower drug prices.
  • CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world
    22·
    10 个月前

    If you take public funds, you can’t charge exorbitant amounts. Seems an easy trade-off decision for them to make.

    Damn I wish that were true. Telecoms got like $4bn decades ago to upgrade American infra…

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      10 个月前

      Not only then, they’re allowed to recoup deployment costs as separate surcharges, not part of plan costs, and they’re still charging for infrastructure they already completed decades ago.

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 个月前

        Add about 15% to the sticker price of any cell phone plan because of taxes and those fees.