A Guaranteed Income for Every American

Re:A Guaranteed Income for Every American by ptaipale on Sunday June 05, 2016 @04:41PM (#11843014)

However, this leave people still exposed to diseases where the thing that maybe helps you does not cost $10,000 but $100,000 (not uncommon) or $1,000,000.

For instance, recently I read about carfilzomib or sipuleucel, both cancer medicines; $100,000 doesn't get you there yet.

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Re:A Guaranteed Income for Every American by AnthonyMouse on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:54PM (#11843340)

The only reason they can charge $100,000 is that there is a deep pocket to pay for it. It does not cost that much to manufacture the drug. It might cost that much to do the research, but if you want taxpayer funded research then do taxpayer funded research. There is no reason to launder the research subsidy through seven layers of bureaucracy.

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