it should be obvious that no amount of money can ever make it so that your life is worth more than my life, that you should get cutting-edge treatment while I die from lack of insulin.
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I know premise 1 (high cost) is true. I believe, but am not certain, that premise 2 is true (high innovation). I am wholly uncertain/a little skeptical that the conclusion (premise 1 has a causal relationship to premise 2) is accurate.
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But, even should it turn out to be true that the wealthy subsidize medical innovation, surely we can agree that we can equalize healthcare access (or at least eliminate these GROSS disparities) and find other ways to increase investment?