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A comment on NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers. Parent comment

Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by heavyset_go on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:05PM (#31319733)
A lot of that R&D is already funded with our taxes via the NIH.
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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by bdzr on Monday May 09, 2022 @06:37PM (#31320782)
A significant portion is not. Clinical trials are unbelievably expensive, see https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/drugs-come-compreh....
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