Well, yes, this is a particularly poor comment article, by someone who is probably quite heavily lobbied by special interests. However, I'm not certain Obama w

Well, yes, this is a particularly poor comment article, by someone who is probably quite heavily lobbied by special interests. However, I'm not certain Obama will be able to force through a nice health bill. It could turn into a very disappointing failure, like the cap-and-trade bill did, which would be very sad. I don't think medical R&D is actually under any kind of threat. Nationalised healthcare does work, like it (basically) does here in the UK, but you need the political will and the correct architecture (ours is ok, but not that good).