IMHO the fulcrum of your parent's comment was exactly how bad we are at helping those in need, and the fact that we assume government regulation would fix our g

IMHO the fulcrum of your parent's comment was exactly how bad we are at helping those in need, and the fact that we assume government regulation would fix our greed is the proof. Hasn't Shkreli' story shown us that medication prices are made up? A fraction of those $84,000 might be necessary to keep new cures being researched, but most of it is pure speculation on sick people's lives.