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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Research and development costs are huge. We have to pay for innovation. If you stick to old drugs off patent, they are cheap. [/quote] Fake News. American drug companies spend far more in marketing then they do in R&D. Next PhRMA argument?[/quote] Then don't take the drugs. No one forces them upon you. Stick to the $2 list. It works for many things. [/quote] Because the U.S. government subsidizes the ever living sh#t out of American pharma companies? If you want to talk about "free market" then we need to stop allowing deductions of R&D and marketing costs, allow Medicare negotiating for drug prices, allow importation, etc etc etc. You preach "free market!" yet line up at the trough for government subsidies. Slup slurp slurp, piggies. Oh look, I found a pic of American energy, real estate, and pharma companies: [img]http://the53rdregiment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pigs-at-the-trough.jpg[/img] [/quote]
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