> ...but why not create a public utility that creates essential medication for the lowest possible price? One possible reason I can think of is then nobody wou

> ...but why not create a public utility that creates essential medication for the lowest possible price? One possible reason I can think of is then nobody would develop new essential medications because they know the government will just nationalize it after they spend the billions getting it approved through the FDA. And everyone + dog would be calling their medication "essential" in order to get the benefits of governmental production.