> I'd be willing to bet the math works out in favor of spending $84,000 one time. I'd love for the state to announce ahead of time how much they would pay for,

> I'd be willing to bet the math works out in favor of spending $84,000 one time. I'd love for the state to announce ahead of time how much they would pay for, say, a cure for diabetes. Have them calculate what the NPV is for a lifetime of diabetes treatment. Publish that figure. Then some drug company can show up with a cure, charge 90% of that figure, and we can see people whine that the drug company is costing the state money.