@ProfessorZaius @St_Rev In your alternative, the set of available drugs would be smaller, so it'd be a trade-off.
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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 -
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@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 -
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@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 -
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@ProfessorZaius@mr_archenemy ...other systems just allow to die. Which way do you count that?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy The US has the highest infant mortality rate among developed countries by a wide margin. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/09/graph-of-the-day-the-united-states-has-a-really-high-infant-mortality-rate/ …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@ProfessorZaius @mr_archenemy Yes, bc many cases that would be considered stillbirths in other countries are counted as live births in US.
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