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To: i-node who wrote (464926)	3/19/2009 11:44:30 AM
From: Joe NYC	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574005

David, If you say to the average person, "Don't you think drug companies are overpaid?" most people will say "Hell, yes". But if you put it more rationally to that person, most people can see that they aren't. I don't have a problem with drug prices. My biggest problem is over-prescribing them. It is amazing to me that people like RW, who claims to have business experience, cannot see that if you remove the profit motive from the drug business the quality of health care is going to decline. There is just a missing link in the minds of the some of these people -- a link most 15-year-olds have. You seem to look at it the same way liberals look at welfare. Society is good when a lot of resources are devoted to, and a lot of people are helped by welfare. But Reagan pointed out fallacy of that argument when he pointed out that a good society is one where the fewest people need welfare. Reagan's argument applies beautifully to health care. What makes a good society is when the fewest people need healthcare. Meaning they are healthy. The entire health care industry is the welfare state of "wellness". Joe