I'm not going to bother fact checking a random comment without any sources, but regarding your second point: do you think "the rest of the world" gets drugs for free?
anecdotally, my cost (without insurance) for a prescription medication (for a family member) in Austria was less than my copay for the same medication with insurance (BC/BS) in the US.
It's not free, but it's shockingly less expensive, and there are cheaper countries in the EU than Austria.
It's not for free, though low enough to where no biotech company would make a profit on new therapies at the current R&D spend if the US paid the same rates that everyone else is paying today. This goes for firms on any continent, and a large part of why FDA approval is such a big deal for the international medical enterprise.
We could trade reduced innovation for lower prices, but that's a difficult ethical debate to settle given the prevalence of medical suffering from lack of effective therapies.
The solution I personally petition for is looking for ways to make drug development more affordable across the board.
> It's not for free, though low enough to where no biotech company would make a profit on new therapies at the current R&D spend if the US paid the same rates that everyone else is paying today.
Where are all the anti-taxes people on this apparent involuntary charity for the pharmaceutical industry?
