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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by merdaverse on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:29AM (#34259282)
Where is this fantasy world where the US has more appropriate medical care than the EU?
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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by whimsicalism on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:12AM (#34261929)
The US develops more therapies, drugs, and treatments than the entire EU despite having a fraction of the population.

Europe benefits from the US doing that for them and then paying low prices that don't cover the costs of drug R&D.

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by dmitriid on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:48PM (#34268733)
This is a lie, of course.

The US spends about 170-180 billion U.S. dollars on medical R&D, the EU spends about 100-110 billion dollars on medical R&D.

While not equally, but Europe is definitely not "freeloading".

The costs of US healthcare lie squarely within the insurance tower of babel.

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