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Re:Third member of U.S. FDA advisory panel resigns over Alzh... by paulpauper on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:39PM (#27476288)
Given the costs, I don't think this is good enough. Medicare cannot afford to subsidize things are inconclusive especially given how 6 million Americans have Alzheiemrs.
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Re:Third member of U.S. FDA advisory panel resigns over Alzh... by BurningFrog on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:42PM (#27479407)
I think a sane system would be where a drug is legal to use, and Medicare can decide it's not worth paying for.

Those should be be independent decisions.

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Re:Third member of U.S. FDA advisory panel resigns over Alzh... by mcguire on Friday June 11, 2021 @02:27PM (#27476876)
The $50k/year above times 6 million is $300B. For $300,000,000,000, I suspect no one cares whether it works.
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Re:Third member of U.S. FDA advisory panel resigns over Alzh... by CincinnatiMan on Friday June 11, 2021 @03:17PM (#27477354)
What do you mean by this? That sounds like a lot of money and I would think taxpayers would care if such a large amount were to be essentially thrown away.
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