My preferred solution would be to require all patentholders to offer reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing policies with their patent applications going f

My preferred solution would be to require all patentholders to offer reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing policies with their patent applications going forward, but with the caveat that medical devices and drugs would have license fee ceilings set by Congress (needed for cost control). This is not a patch on the patent system. This is a fundamental change in moving from a monopoly grant to a grant of rent for research. This is a huge change. I'd be willing to trade moderate extension of patent terms (say to 25 years) to accomplish this.