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Originally Posted by WagnerX5
You don't pay much attention to modern medicine then. Next time you go to the doctor and need anything, see what the first item is they attempt to prescribe you and then track what pharmaceutical company makes it, then check the lobbying by that company on that specific practice. Then tell me again how you don't see the possibility for corruption. IMO you put WAY too much authority in the hands of the Presidential role.
Every one has a price.
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Yes, again you are posting an example of private drug companies making profit. And again I will say, get rid of the profit in the health care industry.
There is only one place where I think perhaps profit motive in the health care industry would be healthy, and that is with regard to research and development. A friend of mine works for a pharmaseutical company who does not actually distribute drugs. They do the R&D and then sell the results to larger firms who then do the final work to get it approved.
So let the drug companies do the R&D, and then when they develop a drug that is needed, they can be compensated for the drug. But nobody should profit based on how many drugs are prescribed, or else you will end up with the situation that we currently have where doctors unnecessarily prescribe medicine because they receive kickbacks from the drug companies, as you have pointed out. That is part of the reason why we spend more than any other country on health care. Our people are far too medicated, and doctors hand out drugs like candy.