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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never understood why we pay for medical research that is completely controlled by medical professionals.  Want a genetic analysis?  "You can't possibly understand that, you need a genetic counselor to 'splain' it to you.". Medical research is all good and fine, but I feel like the Medical research should be paid for through their licensing.  I mean the AMA doesn't do anything but hire lawyers.  NIH is just a slush fund for elites in academia and healthcare.  People will argue that without the funding there would be no new developments, but that is the problem, the medical profession doesn't maintain its own edge.  We have to pay for their knowledge and technology.  They then turn around and charge exorbitant prices.

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NIH funds the science that for-profit companies won't. Their successes are then "sent to market" where private industry can take it and run. As long as we have a for profit health insurance set up, medical research will be sold to you. The return on investment of the 1% of the federal budget funding science research here has a rate of return between 30-100%. We were the premiere research country in the world until last month.

Dept of Defense is the biggest spender and is where the cuts should come from, especially since they're the only department unable to pass an audit.

And don't come crying about Social Security and Medicare - we and companies have paid into that and it really should even be included in the budget - it should be kept separate.  As Google AI states: While Social Security and Medicare are considered "self-funded" in the sense that they primarily receive revenue from dedicated payroll taxes, they are technically still part of the federal budget because the funds collected are held in trust funds that essentially "loan" money to the government, meaning the government is obligated to repay those funds when benefits are paid out; this creates a link to the broader federal budget and necessitates consideration during budget discussions, even though they are not directly funded from general tax revenue.[/quote]

I get that part, but why is it that way?  The medical industry refuses to fund research.  In the big scheme of things, the amount of money spent on research at the NIH is trivial.  I mean some of these corporate medical trials can eclipse several agencies in cost, why can't they do that basic step too.  They could easily fund the basic research.  Maybe we should tax insurance companies and the AMA to fund it instead.  Call it a refusal to think tax.[/quote]

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