No, I think we should limit the cost of drugs based solely on cost to manufacture and distribute, and pay those operational costs.
I think we should expect to receive healthcare from medical professionals and pay them for their time and operational costs.
I think private health insurance existing as an optional, supplemental option is a step in the correct direction.
I think profiting off such a system is parasitic to out wellbeing and detrimental to the betterment of society.
Ultimately we need to look at healthcare and education as an investment in our country’s well-being.
A population that is healthy, educated and safe is a population that can fight better and innovate more. A country that fails to produce an effective population is not a successful country for long.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
If we payed for the research. I agree. Otherwise companies will just spend less on research. I don’t mind capping margins unless they don’t enforce the patent.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Yeah research is part of the cost to manufacture cause you first need to know what you’re making hahaha.
Margin-capping isn’t even something we should consider when you don’t run it for profit.
I think the people should own the means of production where it makes sense. Healthcare is an obvious example because it’s a service directly for us.
People getting rich and making millions off the suffering of an unhealthy population is morally wrong.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
If there is no profit, then nobody would make it.
It never makes sense. You can do that now, but nobody does because it doesn’t make sense.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
You forgot the part where I said their pay is considered part of the cost to manufacture and distribute.
Non-profits have no problem staying staffed.
It absolutely makes sense for the people to own the mechanism that directly benefits their wellbeing, yes.