Nationalizing all pharma would be a bad idea. It'd never pass congress either. However, medicare having say the ability to produce generic drugs if they're not

Nationalizing all pharma would be a bad idea. It'd never pass congress either. However, medicare having say the ability to produce generic drugs if they're not being produced sufficiently might fly. Another would be Medicare a greeting to buy X amount of some drugs from non-profit manufacturer setup specifically just to produce generics. Though even Medicare being able to negotiate prices would be huge wins.