It really boils down to what a society values. Does it value caring for people and health or does it value hurting people for profit? We have the tools to be ca

It really boils down to what a society values. Does it value caring for people and health or does it value hurting people for profit? We have the tools to be caring but in America, we generally don't use them because we value companies' profits above all else. We let corporations profit as much as they want off the suffering of others. We used not to, as the article points out. We can override patents. We can see drug users as human. We can try to eradicate diseases like hep c. Or we can go our current path and let corporations profit while millions die. It's really a cultural issue. Do we want to be compassionate or do we want to exploit our own people? That is the question being asked when we talk about reducing drug prices and having national healthcare instead of the vile insurance and drug industries we support now. It's not looking too hopeful for compassion at the moment.