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Consider that the alternative, is expensive drugs that only the ultra wealthy can afford. What is better? A situation where the poor sometimes get ineffective
by throwayEngineer 7y ago
Consider that the alternative, is expensive drugs that only the ultra wealthy can afford.
What is better? A situation where the poor sometimes get ineffective drugs, or a situation where the poor get no drugs?
If you picked G.) Other. You don't understand how the world works. It's the "cheap, fast, good", you picked 3 instead of 2.
Edit, would love to hear solutions.
- orhmeh09 7y agoI’m sorry , why are you presenting these as if they are the only options? And did you just defer to a common saying to make an assertion about how the world works instead of making a genuine argument?
- throwayEngineer 7y agoThat is the genuine argument. Not Everything is cheap. Did you want a third option where old people get medicine, but young people pay higher taxes? Pick your solution, someone loses.
- evandev 7y agoPick two, cheap and good. If the FDA is correctly doing their job, it should take some time to process if the generic drugs are effective. And for non-generic drugs, the R&D involved specifies that it doesn't come fast.
- duxup 7y agoAt least in the US it appears the costs of drugs is not tied to any real market forces / competition type forces, and I don't think when drug prices were lower the FDA was doing less testing.