Price controls do nothing of the sort. Lack of competition kills innovation. Let the generics compete with Big Pharma products. Stop protecting their profit margins. Prices will follow suit.
Some people are making the case that coronavirus means we need Medicare for All or price controls. But the opposite is true. Former CDC Director explains why. WATCHpic.twitter.com/gNfwV2XALt
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This is a common misunderstanding. To develop one drug, it costs billions just in R&D and compliance costs. The FDA has immensely strict laws. So to make up for all the up front costs, the new drug is given insulation from genetics for 8 years to recoup loses.
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Actual pharma r&d is done by government grant funded research institutions. Pharma company expenditures are mostly about monetizing and marketing.
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What we need are testing kits.
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There is a thin line between price controls and gouging consumers.
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Like how Insulin is one tenth of the price in Canada and the rest of the world than it is in America ?
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Would-be Socialists will seize upon any issue if it furthers their cause of taking control. A virus pandemic is perfect for this.
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Those sneaky, subversive socialists, who want everyone to have access to affordable healthcare and life-saving medicines. They just make my blood boil! Don't they realize how much profit is to be made when the alternative is sickness and death? Let's get our priorities straight.
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We the people want vaccine makers to have to accept liability for products that injure people. Please make this happen. What they are currently pumping out is toxic poison but they get off scot free. Please help us.
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