Re:Dean Kamen: Healthcare Debate "Backward Looking"
by logicalmind on Friday August 07, 2009 @05:09PM
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Companies weren't interested in the internet until they could make a profit. The same way they aren't interested in treatments/medicines/cures unless they can make a profit. What if these decisions were made altruistically based on how many people you can help, regardless of the profits...
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Re:Dean Kamen: Healthcare Debate "Backward Looking"
by run4yourlives on Friday August 07, 2009 @05:36PM
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Which is why we have 15 different types of erectile dysfunction pills and no HIV vaccine.
Re:Dean Kamen: Healthcare Debate "Backward Looking"
by gnaritas on Friday August 07, 2009 @07:09PM
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It's also why health care should be a government problem rather than a free market problem. They can focus on the right things rather than the profitable things, no business can survive doing that.