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W_HAMILTON

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16. You are right.

Reply to Woodycall (Reply #12)

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:38 PM

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800% off a $1,000 drug:

$1,000 x -8.00 = -$8,000
$1,000 - $8,000 = -$7,000

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