Re: the last sentence of your first paragraph
by FL_Irish (2024-03-04 16:52:54)

In reply to: Stay in your lane  posted by vermin05

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Isn't the point of the linked analysis that it won't actually save money in the long-run? That the savings associated with avoiding cardiovascular disease complications, etc. are dwarfed by the cost of the drugs at current prices?

Now obviously I haven't looked at the underlying analysis to evaluate its rigor. But Brian Deese and Jonathan Gruber aren't idiots.

At the current patented price point
by AquinasDomer  (2024-03-04 17:41:31)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

At some point these will be like Statins and be cheap/ubiquitous.

The real question is how we get there. Wait for the patents to expire? Pay the companies only for the cost savings they give the system? Buy out the early patents?