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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: TimF who wrote (4124)	1/29/2008 5:35:43 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (3) of 42652

This is, in fact, what Europe has done; they make pharmaceutical firms sell to them at cost plus. The lion's share of the profits on any drug come from the United States; what they get in Europe and Canada and the rest of the world is (thin) gravy, a price that is just a little bit better than not selling any drugs there. I think it needs to be pointed out that this isnt a particularly sustainable course of action either. There is a non-trivial impact to US competitiveness that comes from sustaining the world's drug R&D budget. I'm not sure what the solution is, but I have to say that giving the rest of the world a free ride on US health care costs isnt very appealing. Slacker

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