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Re: those drugs would probably still get developed, and at about the same rate as before Isaac Send a noteboard - 06/03/2010 09:37:44 AM
What would happen to new drugs if the US congress passed a law that you could not sell drugs for more money in the US then you did in other industrialized nations? You don't think new drug development would be impacted by that? It doesn't matter where the drugs are developed what matters is where are the profits for those developments coming from.


but they wouldn't be as heavily marketed, especially to doctors and hospitals, which is where a large bulk of the non-r&d money goes from "big pharma"


It's about 20 billion a year, marketing that is, making it less than a percent of medical expenses. Anyway, that's fine in free-market, that advertising would have to be replaced at least in part with other efforts at public awareness if it was gov't run, and the money spent pays for television, radio, magazines, webistes, etc which we'd otherwise have to go without or pay tax dollars for. So ironically it pays for consumer safety reports too.
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Oh my god...I'm a socialist! beckstcw - 05/03/2010 02:46:17 PM 698 Views
Just remind yourself how good the government is with its other efforts Isaac - 05/03/2010 03:00:26 PM 410 Views
And remember that some of the biggest health insurance companies are already "non-profits". LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 03:18:45 PM 394 Views
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That works both ways Isaac - 05/03/2010 06:13:43 PM 461 Views
Re: That works both ways Joel - 15/03/2010 06:28:45 AM 464 Views
You really think taking the money oput of the system won't affect innovation? random thoughts - 05/03/2010 10:09:20 PM 394 Views
those drugs would probably still get developed, and at about the same rate as before moondog - 06/03/2010 07:14:07 AM 388 Views
Re: those drugs would probably still get developed, and at about the same rate as before Isaac - 06/03/2010 09:37:44 AM 376 Views
just like taking the profit out of insurance will make healthcare affordable? random thoughts - 06/03/2010 12:12:25 PM 386 Views
No, I don't, because expired patents would drive it if nothing else did. Joel - 15/03/2010 06:32:55 AM 362 Views
Don't worry it isn't like we have free market economics in health care right now random thoughts - 05/03/2010 03:19:39 PM 425 Views
Hold on a sec. Joel - 05/03/2010 05:58:00 PM 427 Views
Well you should read somehting besides the Daily Kos random thoughts - 05/03/2010 06:25:23 PM 401 Views
That's getting tiresome, since you know it doesn't apply. Joel - 15/03/2010 07:13:38 AM 393 Views
Very true. *NM* Legolas - 05/03/2010 11:45:36 PM 155 Views
That's not really a socialist policy. Dragonsoul - 05/03/2010 03:24:59 PM 436 Views
True. The European far-right isn't really far-right (or even right) in economic terms. *NM* Legolas - 05/03/2010 11:46:15 PM 159 Views
you don't seem to understand socialism. visit wikipedia and check it out there. *NM* temeraire - 05/03/2010 05:16:02 PM 157 Views
Tongue. In. Cheek. *NM* beckstcw - 05/03/2010 05:47:40 PM 152 Views
Making healthcare universally accessible is not socialist... MightyYT - 05/03/2010 05:29:16 PM 393 Views
It is universally accessible now random thoughts - 05/03/2010 05:43:52 PM 410 Views
Ah, like the Rolls Royce is universally acceptable. Joel - 05/03/2010 05:52:59 PM 389 Views
use more words becuase that statement makes no sense random thoughts - 05/03/2010 06:27:04 PM 413 Views
... Joel - 15/03/2010 06:34:57 AM 385 Views
BS *NM* Roland00 - 05/03/2010 06:08:52 PM 147 Views
BSS random thoughts - 05/03/2010 06:28:15 PM 383 Views
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It is the over simplification I object to random thoughts - 05/03/2010 06:59:29 PM 379 Views
Thus the BS comment Roland00 - 05/03/2010 07:37:22 PM 397 Views
is this not a paradox you've proposed here? moondog - 05/03/2010 06:25:08 PM 420 Views
For profit isn't automatically BAD, just an unwise panacea for essential services. Joel - 05/03/2010 05:45:36 PM 451 Views
Government run isn't automatically BAD, just an unwise panacea for essential services. random thoughts - 05/03/2010 06:30:14 PM 376 Views
Universal healthcare is good... Napoleon62 - 05/03/2010 10:13:01 PM 413 Views
great I was really hoping we could hear from a moron and you seem to fit the bill random thoughts - 05/03/2010 11:39:15 PM 398 Views
I think he was joking RT - note the at the end of the message *NM* Isaac - 06/03/2010 09:23:45 AM 206 Views
To much cold medicine *NM* random thoughts - 06/03/2010 12:13:12 PM 160 Views
How does "Don't worry, it will never happen in America either way" sound? Legolas - 05/03/2010 11:49:23 PM 396 Views
Eww beckstcw - 06/03/2010 11:39:04 PM 455 Views
no moondog - 06/03/2010 11:42:47 PM 436 Views
The scariest ones are the ones who are both. Legolas - 06/03/2010 11:55:51 PM 503 Views
that and it is crawling with dirty forgieners random thoughts - 07/03/2010 03:01:27 AM 415 Views
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