@sarahkliff IIRC we overpay way more that total pharma R&D; if we explicitly subsidized the R&D it'd be cheaper
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@sarahkliff False! If you accept to pay high prices for drugs with low therapeutic value, you overall decrease incentives for real research.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff not because you make excessive profits? Bigpharma does more marketing and lobbying than research!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff alternative headline "local economist believes free market is functioning well"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff Shouldn't Prof. Garthwaite's numerous industry lobbying and GOP connections (Berman & Co., etc.) have been disclosed?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff oh and also because pharm companies have 30% profit margins.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff Well, the U.S. is rich, so we should help our fellow man, right? -
@barrycronin@sarahkliff including equally rich Europeans, Japanese, etc., who pay lower prices?
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