200 Milligram Antiretroviral Pill (Three-Times-Daily Unit)

Josh seizes on the 200 milligram antiretroviral pill—dosed three times daily—as a razor-sharp unit in the Roosevelt Room's ethical furnace, hurling numbers at Alan, Nimbala, and Spokesman 2 to expose per-patient costs. Donna absorbs the grim math amid corporate deflections; no physical tablet materializes, yet this spectral scored oval dominates, its regimen tallying lives against ledgers in the administration's AIDS summit showdown.

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S2E4 · In This White House

The Price of Life: Josh Maps Drug Economics

Josh invokes the 200 milligram antiretroviral pill—three times daily for 130,000 patients—as precise calculus challenging free-drug costs, exposing unknown life expectancies as Alan's evasive X-factor, grounding abstract regimens in tangible, unaffordable human toll.

Before: Hypothetical in policy math

After: Central to unresolved cost impasse

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S2E4 · In This White House

Roosevelt Room Breakdown: When Ethics Collide With Cost

Josh hones in on 200 milligram antiretroviral pills dosed three times daily for 130,000 patients across three nations, demanding cost calculus from Alan to strip away excuses, its regimen precision underscoring logistical tyranny and per-patient expense in the affordability war.

Before: Hypothetical in negotiation spreadsheets

After: Central to stalled quantification, undefinable due to lifespan unknowns

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