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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10232)10/6/2009 4:04:09 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
Mostly American consumers because many countries restrict the ability of drug companies to recoup the cost of research from sales in that country.

Actually it's mostly US taxpayers... government and institutions fund most basic research... drug companies next to none. Socialism Peter, socialism....

"Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, FRS (born November 26, 1948) is an Australian-American biological researcher at the University of California, San Francisco..."
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10232)10/7/2009 8:49:17 AM
From: skinowski1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
many countries restrict the ability of drug companies to recoup the cost of research from sales in that country

If you think about it, it's no different from any other trade restriction, practiced by nations with "Single Player" (no typo) healthcare systems. In effect, they say - "I get mine at production cost, and screw everyone else".


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