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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker May 8

    The Amish pool resources for their medical care. A budget-busting gene therapy puts them in a bind. By @ericboodman https://www.statnews.com/2018/05/08/luxturna-gene-therapy-price-amish/ … via @statnews

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      2. Media Frenzy‏ @MediaFrenzyrp May 8
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Patents on medical treatments should be subject to eminent domain, and be confiscated, with some compensation, by the state when it is in the public's interest - besides, the development of such treatments is on the back of huge government infrastructure.

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      3. Sedan Taboos‏ @SedanTaboos May 8
        Replying to @MediaFrenzyrp @sapinker and

        To be clear, you are saying ‘in the public’s short term interest.’ You are not considering the long term consequences.

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      4. Media Frenzy‏ @MediaFrenzyrp May 8
        Replying to @SedanTaboos @sapinker and

        oooh but treatment development is sooooo expensive, no one would do it without enooormous profit $$$ - Nonsense. mid term, maybe some restructuring issues, but long term - we'd have a new better phamaceutical industry .

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      5. Sedan Taboos‏ @SedanTaboos May 8
        Replying to @MediaFrenzyrp @sapinker and

        Oooh, but corporations are sooo rich that there would be exactly the same amount of drug development if the profits were cut by 90%. This is fun! Dumb, but fun.

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      2. ꜰʌᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʟʟɪᴏɴs  🖌️‏ @FatherHellion May 8
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        A taxfunded healthcare system would solve this. Your health shouldn't be decided before you even seen a doctor. Now there young girls should ofcourse be treated. It's the moral obligation of a nation to care for everyone. Noone likes taxes, but used right it save lives.

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      1. sentient meat‏ @CircusPubes May 8
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Wait. What? Don’t they have to stick to medical circa pre industrial revolution? Why is medical treatment exempt from their dumb ideology?

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      1. Ben‏ @LoveScienceFun May 8
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Let the government negotiate.

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