3 ms·
Shouldn't we (at least in the US) be more concerned with getting health care costs under control and universal? This manifesto is mostly about making money rath
by babesh 7y ago
Shouldn't we (at least in the US) be more concerned with getting health care costs under control and universal? This manifesto is mostly about making money rather than about general human welfare. The issues are not due to technological limitations.
- pcwalton 7y agoI mean, yes, we should do that, but we also need medical advances. Right now, if you get Alzheimer's disease, it doesn't matter how much money you have: you will suffer a long cognitive decline until you are no longer recognizable, at which point you will die. The entire process places an enormous social and financial burden on society. We need to fix that.
- djeric3 7y agoPersonally, I see no greater advance for humanity than curing diseases. Some of these illnesses have been with us since before humans became modern humans, and now for the first time ever, we have a chance at curing or preventing them. I'd take new disease cures over colonizing Mars. But more to your point, I understand health care costs are crazy (especially in the US), but I am concerned that capping health care expenditures will dis-incentivize companies from taking risks on new vaccines and therapies.