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In reply to the discussion: KHN: Democrats Taking Key Leadership Jobs Have Pocketed Millions from Pharma [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,968 posts)Why drug prices are out of control herewith a kind of risks and benefit class on what regulation means for the drug market
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/11/30/12945756/prescription-drug-prices-explained
Im not as concerned about donations as I am about how we are going to obtain Universal healthcare. One of my problems with M4A, is that no, its not just as simple an Medicare expansion. As we saw with the ACA, healthcare is enormously complex. I like to see the ACA fixed, and a public option added. As we insure more people,we need a plan for more healthcare workers, as things stand right now their are not enough of everybody, there are areas and fields where healthcare workers find less attractive than others, so we have incentives added. For instance if you want your nurse practitioners license, the field of Psych is cheaper. If you go and work in remote areas, there is often a pay incentive
Drug companies, with their unregulated pricing, are a huge problem. As the I put up article states, do we regulate at the risk of less innovation? Or perhaps we cap prices?
Do you know what doesnt provide drug companies with sufficient profit, so there is less innovation? Anti-biotics. Apparently its not a sexy field to study, even though resistant strains of bacteria are evolving rapidly and kill people every year. Dont get me started on molds and fungus strains.
So while something needs to be done, Democrats are the ones to do it. Republicans arent going to do shit.