Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S.
by pjc50 on Thursday December 27, 2018 @05:57AM
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The flaw in this is that for-profit medical research optimises ... for profit, that is, the treatments for which most can be charged.
So they focus on illnesses of the rich gerontocracy while diseases of the developing world have to be addressed by public funding. Additionally, there's no real incentive to work on cost reduction.
So they focus on illnesses of the rich gerontocracy while diseases of the developing world have to be addressed by public funding. Additionally, there's no real incentive to work on cost reduction.