@mr_archenemy @GabrielDuquette @St_Rev @sarahdoingthing You're conflating "patient" with customer.
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@ProfessorZaius@GabrielDuquette@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing if i'm not paying for my care, no one cares about my best interests.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy@GabrielDuquette@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing How do explain superior outcomes on most metrics and lower spending as fraction>2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@mr_archenemy@GabrielDuquette@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing of GDP in developed countries with single payer? Friedman's quip about spending>7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@ProfessorZaius@mr_archenemy One reason, not the only one, is that other countries free-ride on US pharma R&D.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy@ProfessorZaius Hadn't seen it when I made comment.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy Got evidence on the free-riding claim?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@ProfessorZaius@mr_archenemy Pretty well-established IIRC. I think I read about it on In the Pipeline, McArdle has prob. written abt it too1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy The US is close to UK and Germany in medical innovation per capita. http://download.pwc.com/ie/pubs/2011_medical_technology_innovation_scorecard_the_race_for_global_leadership_jan.pdf … http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1261198/?tool=pubmed …6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@ProfessorZaius @mr_archenemy Lots of R&D is done in UK, Germany & Switzerland (but share is shrinking) but that's not the free-riding.
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