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Sounds like there just hasn’t been enough money and support to create a committed movement, not when pharmaceutical companies have the means to push the narrati
by danso 8y ago
Sounds like there just hasn’t been enough money and support to create a committed movement, not when pharmaceutical companies have the means to push the narrative that it’s an intractable problem.
From the article:
> Another reason Mr. Arnold got involved: Drug pricing was an issue no other philanthropist had claimed.
This makes some intuitive sense. America’s healthcare system manages to hide its costs so well while providing modern treatment that it may not seem like the most compelling humanitarian problem for a billionaire, i.e. a first-world problem compared to providing mosquito nets to prevent malaria.