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A comment on Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Prices in Health Care. Parent comment

Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by cannonedhamster on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:51AM (#20282022)
The vast majority of pure research has funding generated directly from government funds. Medical funding is roughly half from public funds. This wouldn't change with price controls. More profits don't lead to more research.
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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by RHSeeger on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:22AM (#20283864)
You're assuming that the profit on the item is enough that it's still worth it if the price is reduced. Why do you make that assumption?
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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by cannonedhamster on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:47PM (#20290483)
Medicine will never not happen. People will continue to get sick. People will continue to become doctors. We've literally seen this before.
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