The problem I have with most politicians is that most changes come with pros and cons. And they completely want to ignore the cons.
Quote from Forbes website:
"The United States remains the world leader in medical innovation, having produced more than half of the world’s new medicines over the last decade. But our edge is slipping away because of crippling domestic regulatory and tax policies.
A new report by Battelle, an international science and technology company, found that other countries are working aggressively to lure research facilities and high-paying jobs away from the United States. They are offering friendlier regulatory policies so companies can get products to patients faster, and they are lowering taxes and offering other incentives to boost private investment in new medicines and medical devices."
I'm not saying a single payer system can't work, just what are the things that need mitigated if it were to come to be.
I think Sanders is taking a very level headed approach contrary to what the MSM tells us. He is well aware that profits drive innovation; but, it should not be at the cost of egregiously high prices and big pharmaceutical companies devoting HALF (yes, half) their profits to marketing schemes and lobbying policies.
I mean, if you have bankers telling what laws to pass for or repealing those against their interests in a democracy (which, I assume all of us want, or not?), then things have clearly gone too far.
As for libertarianism... My qualms with it is that if we woke up to a libertarian country (assuming you and other readers are from the US, which isn't the case obviously; but, for sake of this argument we may assume that...) then any potential competition to the present powers that be (think Coca-Cola or... well you get the point, I hope) would face total annihilation from the unrestrained influence of such conglomerates. Anyway, my point is to get off my tangent is that the playing field isn't level and definitely not fair.
Is Sanders a solution to ALL the problems we face? No; but, then again arguing with his closest friend, Chomsky, is a hard thing to do and I mostly agree with most of the REASONED, not ideological (that needs more emphasis), ideas that Sanders proposes, and they aren't all that "radical" as the MSM says they are.
Quote from Forbes website: "The United States remains the world leader in medical innovation, having produced more than half of the world’s new medicines over the last decade. But our edge is slipping away because of crippling domestic regulatory and tax policies.
A new report by Battelle, an international science and technology company, found that other countries are working aggressively to lure research facilities and high-paying jobs away from the United States. They are offering friendlier regulatory policies so companies can get products to patients faster, and they are lowering taxes and offering other incentives to boost private investment in new medicines and medical devices."
I'm not saying a single payer system can't work, just what are the things that need mitigated if it were to come to be.
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