Research funding could be socialized, I suppose. Or the patent monopoly period could be reduced. Or medical patents could get an exception of some kind. But th

Research funding could be socialized, I suppose. Or the patent monopoly period could be reduced. Or medical patents could get an exception of some kind. But these are all suggestions that should be coming from Congress and from lobbyists while they're negotiating the terms of the deal, so they feel like they've accomplished some level of "damage control." Meanwhile they've wasted a lot of energy inching away from the ideal/extremist proposal and towards the compromise we actually want.