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This all makes sense once you consider health as a business. There is no great interest by business in a cure to this or that. However, an expensive perpetual
by verisimi 2y ago
This all makes sense once you consider health as a business. There is no great interest by business in a cure to this or that. However, an expensive perpetual treatment (lifetime service contract) is far more appealing - the revenue stream is superior.
What we call a 'health' industry is a misnomer - it is a sickness industry, like the ministry of defence is really the ministry of attack.
If you want to really get cynical, you can consider the possibility that a lot of treatments are not only unnecessary, but actively detrimental to the person receiving the "treatment". The person in future may develop diseases that will then open further revenue streams from what would otherwise be a healthy individual. This would assure a healthy pipeline of future revenue for the pharmaceutical companies.
Luckily we have government agencies to manage the pharmaceutical products we are given. Unfortunately, it is something of an open door policy as senior government staff are then given senior positions in pharmaceutical companies.
I'm sure it all works out in the end!
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> There is no great interest by business in a cure to this or that Of course there is. Cures make billions. This might be a conspiracy theory stupider than flat Eartherism. It requires not only every Western pharmaceutical company’s collaboration, but also every one in every other country, and also all the public labs, and every world leader and their families to suck it up for the conspiracy’s sake.
- verisimi 2y agoGoldman Sachs analysts agree with me! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-u4cr3fJ0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-u4cr3fJ0 Most people act against their conscience pretty much every day for money, more so in senior positions. That money is a great motivator is not really a conspiracy.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoGo beyond the YouTube video reporting on the report's title and you'll find a thoughtful paper on drug pricing. TL; DR Sick people and governments will pay a lot for cures. > Most people act against their conscience pretty much every day for money, more so in senior positions This isn't about conscience, it's about greed. Cures are great business. Also, again, rich people get cancer. If you want to come up with healthcare conspiracies, don't pick a disease the rich and powerful get.
- NemoNobody 2y agoTreating diseases makes billions forever curing those disease makes billions once. Which option is selected in a capitalist society?
- Nasrudith 2y agoHave you been paying attention to Wall Street at all? Short term profits are infamously exactly what they optimize for. They can and do strangle that golden goose.