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I did see links I just don't buy what's being sold.
Did he vote against Obamacare? Nope.
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
Drug costs go up because of government regulations, not in spite of them.
If a price cap is put on drugs, they will be produced less or not at all.
Government is the problem, not the solution.
Bernie is pro-government.
Ergo, Bernie's plan will make the problem worse.
That would be false. Drug prices go up because the healthcare industry is its own mini monopoly, a company with a patent on a drug is free to raise the price on that drug to any price they want.
We saw it a couple of weeks ago with a 70 year old antibiotic...used to cost 1 dollar per pill and a CEO raised the price of it to over 700 dollars per pill.
originally posted by: EternalSolace
a reply to: EternalSolace
No entity, company, pharmacist, country, or singular person should be able to profit from a life saving pharmaceutical or procedure.
Yes, that makes my posts in this thread hypocritical. But I accept that. There are some things in life that should just be a human right.
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
originally posted by: EternalSolace
a reply to: EternalSolace
No entity, company, pharmacist, country, or singular person should be able to profit from a life saving pharmaceutical or procedure.
Yes, that makes my posts in this thread hypocritical. But I accept that. There are some things in life that should just be a human right.
Attitudes like that will stop medical innovation dead. If there is no profit, there is no motivation. Warm fuzzy feelings do not feed the belly.
originally posted by: EternalSolace
a reply to: Teikiatsu
Which means there's something wrong with human nature... now doesn't it?
originally posted by: Gumerk
a reply to: Phoenix
In your opinion, why hasn't Sander's or anyone else in government who points out the price gouging of the pharmaceutical industry started with enforcing laws that were already in place?
originally posted by: Grimpachi
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
originally posted by: EternalSolace
a reply to: EternalSolace
No entity, company, pharmacist, country, or singular person should be able to profit from a life saving pharmaceutical or procedure.
Yes, that makes my posts in this thread hypocritical. But I accept that. There are some things in life that should just be a human right.
Attitudes like that will stop medical innovation dead. If there is no profit, there is no motivation. Warm fuzzy feelings do not feed the belly.
Who do you think reaps the profits from medical innovations?
Do you think its the scientists and innovators? If you think that you would be very very wrong.
So the people designing and innovating obviously aren't in it for the big bucks.