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Thing is I don’t want life saving medicine from some guy who just started producing it in his garage last month. Fortunately I can afford the “regulated” dose
by hellisothers 6y ago
Thing is I don’t want life saving medicine from some guy who just started producing it in his garage last month. Fortunately I can afford the “regulated” dose myself if I had to. Most people can’t though and this is a role of govt, making sure everybody has access to a lifesaving drug _that the govt funded_. The solution isn’t “let poor people use bootleg garage drugs”, it’s the ensure lifesaving medication is priced affordably. This is one of those situations where capitalism by itself isn’t well configured to deal with. This and, say, emergency room visits...
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoSince we can't figure out how to treat diseases in poor patients as they start we all pay a whole Hell of a lot more when they land in the er.