if US government is paying for research, advancement and what not, why should the end result not be free for citizens? let them spend a trillion dollars on a new drug developed by bayer or whoever, why should the company then charge anything more than say a generic paracetemol?
All research done using any amount of money from the US government should be open and easily accessible to every American (with exceptions for national security), but that doesn't mean we should get the products resulting from it without cost.
If the government funded research that resulted in a more eco-friendly car I wouldn't expect to see one delivered to my driveway or that the car with the fancy new tech (which might be a lot more involved in terms of costs) should be priced the same as the old tech.
Healthcare should just be made accessible and affordable to everyone. It looks like the best way to do that is with publicly funded health systems.
>I wouldn't expect to see one delivered to my driveway or that the car with the fancy new tech (which might be a lot more involved in terms of costs) should be priced the same as the old tech.
we often pay a new user tax, or monopoly tax like the epipen thing. that should not be possible.
