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That does not help in any way shape or form. Why are you convinced it will help?Well the same way old people get cheaper prices on medicine
That does not help in any way shape or form. Why are you convinced it will help?Well the same way old people get cheaper prices on medicine
So if I am reading this right you are ok with monopolies in this instance? I didn't mention patents. I simply asked if it was possible to have good regulation for consumer protection while also helping to encourage a competitive marketplace.Patents are regulations the protect the intellectual property of investors and therefore encourage investment in that sector. Patents of course are subject to widespread abuse, but I think we can have a nuanced conversation where we can accept that not everything has to be perfect for it to still have value.
So if I am reading this right you are ok with monopolies in this instance? I didn't mention patents. I simply asked if it was possible to have good regulation for consumer protection while also helping to encourage a competitive marketplace.
How do you have good regulations and some how encourage people to get into the business by lowering the barrier to entry? Monopolies are bad..
Patents are regulations the protect the intellectual property of investors and therefore encourage investment in that sector. Patents of course are subject to widespread abuse, but I think we can have a nuanced conversation where we can accept that not everything has to be perfect for it to still have value.
Capitalism is a powerful system and the profit motive is a powerful incentive and one of the major reasons we have as many drugs and other treatments for diseases that we do. If we kill that with socialism then it will means fewer new treatments and innovations in the future.
No, your reply inferred that you are in favor of monopolies in this instance. My reply was perfectly readable. You are the one mentioning patents, not me. Not once did you show anything of substance on how anything you wrote would help entry into the market. Ok good, patents protect investors, everyone knows that, but that in no way addresses my primary concern of market entry....what the hell are you talking about. This is your quote and my response:
I gave a perfectly good answer about how regulation can help and you determine that means I am okay with monopolies.
Whatever your agenda is, it is preventing you from actually reading my replies.
My gut feeling is patents provide more for profits than they do innovation. People are naturally creative and inquisitive. Universities could be more of a breeding ground.
This is not capitalism, its exactly the opposite. Patents are there to prevent competition, if we went all Rothbart there would not patent and meds would be cheaper
I know because I was a hardcore objectivist in the mid 90s
Move over pharma bro... Nirmal Mulye (real name) wants to compete for front seat in Hell.
“I think it is a moral requirement to make money when you can, to sell drugs for the highest prices.”
This was his justification for raising a life saving antibiotic from $475 to $2350 a bottle.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/health/drug-price-hike-moral-requirement-bn/index.html
This is the logical conclusion, by the way, of the unregulated, libertarian capitalism the Right regularly argues for. Every once in a while a CEO sociopath is just autistic enough to say it like it is.
We need UHC, and we need it now.
Same age as RoyceDamn, how old are you?
Hes free to charge what he wants. capitalism should allow for a second party to produce the drug at amuch lower price. If it doesnt then something is broke and needs fixing
Jesus, your need to try to perceive everything through your ignorant love of socialism is astonishing. Quick, name every major drug/medication in history that you can developed in a socialist or Communist nation.
Social capitalism can correct this without a hint of that communist bullshit required.
Sell me a solution that doesn't end in famine and authoritarianism if you want help changing stuff like this.
Americans pump enough drugs in themselves as it is. Maybe it is best to take the pills away from them for a bit.