Elizabeth Warren: It’s time to let the government manufacture generic drugs
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December 18, 2018 at 2:21 PM - Views: 49 #1957
Forty-seven states and the Justice Department are investigating a price-fixing conspiracy that’s driving up the cost of generic drugs in the United States. One investigator called it “most likely the largest cartel in the history of the United States.” This crisis calls for action. That is why I’m introducing legislation to authorize the public manufacture of generic drugs wherever drug companies have warped markets to drive up prices.
Drug companies use the “free market” as a shield against any effort to reduce prices for families. But they’re not operating in a free market; they’re operating in a market that’s rigged to line their pockets and limit competition. The entire pharmaceutical industry in reality runs on government-granted monopolies, mostly in the form of long-term patent protections.
This system, intended to compensate drug companies for innovation costs, should be closely scrutinized. One of its few remaining virtues is supposed to be that when these exclusive monopolies run out, market competition kicks in to produce cheap, generic versions for consumers. Sounds great — but it isn’t working.
Antibiotics, steroids, heart medications, thyroid pills — nearly 90 percent of American prescriptions are written for generics. But the generic drug market is fundamentally broken.
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December 18, 2018 at 2:29 PM #1962
Do we trust this government to manufacture generic drugs? 🧪
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December 18, 2018 at 11:00 PM #2245
Cheaper, better quality…what’s not to like?
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December 18, 2018 at 11:14 PM #2246
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December 18, 2018 at 11:36 PM #2248
They are not even repackage for Canada.
If we did not have such a corrupt, bought and paid for government, we could have real health care, i.e., Single Payer, with reasonable cost drugs and medical devices.
“Your Money, or Your Life” health care businesses, would be prison sentences for the CEO’s and board members.We are an arrogant species, believing our fantasy based "facts" are better than the other person's fake facts.
If you are wrong, it will be because you are not cynical enough.
Both major political parties are special interest groups enabling each other for power and money, at the expense of the people they no longer properly serve…
Always wear a proper mask when out and about. The life you save could be both yours and mine.
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December 19, 2018 at 12:31 AM #2265
If health is a human right then it should not be in the hands of someone who can deny it. Either nationalize it or assume absolute regulatory power, and the later only works because of the threat of nationalization.
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