@St_Rev @mr_archenemy And you're arguing that this is a preferable state of affairs for US patients than an alternative in which they pay>
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy roughly the same price as patients in other countries.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ProfessorZaius@St_Rev In your alternative, the set of available drugs would be smaller, so it'd be a trade-off.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@mr_archenemy@St_Rev Right. A simple way to estimate the size of the negative effect on R&D would be to look at how much more the US spends1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@mr_archenemy@St_Rev on drugs now than it would if its prices were identical to Canada/UK, then subtract that from total medical R&D>2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ProfessorZaius@St_Rev If we go single payer, what border will Canadians cross to get decent health care?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy@St_Rev Nice talking point. US gets "lower quality, less efficiency" in care. http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/23/us-usa-healthcare-last-idUSTRE65M0SU20100623 … http://www.munkdebates.com/debates/healthcare …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@ProfessorZaius@mr_archenemy Commonwealth Fund was a major lobbyist group for the ACA, so their report is unsurprising.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy McArdle's points on the impossibility of reaping gigantic savings from converting to single-payer are a lot more>1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ProfessorZaius
@St_Rev@mr_archenemy sensible than the claims that the US healthcare industry provides better outcomes than those of Canada and the UK.6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@ProfessorZaius @mr_archenemy Better in some ways, worse than others. Most reports I've read spin hard one way or the other.
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