…at tax payer expense, but not the kind that would “sacrifice” America’s “defense,” of course.

I suggest you try the alternative, and write me a short report, so I can make a better decision.

…about the “free market” health system in America.

Frank DiSalle, ladies and gentlemen!

By promoting stupidity by refusing to denounce birthers as the idiots they are. By being obstructionist because their stated goal is to see Obama fail, rather than to work toward actually improving America’s undeniably poor overall health system.

I’d be happy to return their contributions to them.

IN a manner similar to how conservatives find Democrats to be the source of all the country’s ills?

Seriously, Dennis, if Jaim wanted to improve his life by running off to Korea, more power to him. But he ought to at least acknowledge that it wasn’t only the liberals and Democrats who made it possible.
–Frank

‘Running off?’ You cons have some bizarre opinions of living overseas.
–Parthy

I too am happy that Jaim had the opportunity and the means to move overseas- I mean that and I’ve told him so several times. It’s the bashing of half of Americans that he does so proudly, from Korea, after he’s admitted that his job situation in America sucked because of George W. Bush, that I find amusing. He’s certainly free to do that, but I’m also free to use him as a metaphor for malcontent elitist liberals who blame others for their problems; the others they blame always being Republicans. And in the case of Jaim, are Republicans contributing far more to bettering America than he is.

And Frank, your argument would be more compelling if the pharmaceuticals’ marketing budgets weren’t quite so robust.

Jaim, it’s this living and dying thing. I have chosen to live. I suggest you try the alternative, and write me a short report, so I can make a better decision.

Good one, Frank. But we need Jaim posting here from outside the US where he ran away from his problems as the perfect liberal metaphor.

And because laughter is the best medicine.

What a hoot! Oliver, as I’m sure you’ve *cough* read McArdle’s piece, can you point us to where her opining is akin to talking about “how Barack Obama has enlisted a legion of robots to drain us of our blood.”?

I know. But you said “per item”. I’m just trying to show that your joke and your rephrasing it as “per item” doesn’t really have much to do with the accounting for R&D.

If selling in bulk reduces cost , then it reduces cost. The idea is not that R&D must be recovered immediately, but that it must be recovered quickly enough so that R&D can continue.

And there are other factors. The last time I used the VA’a urgent care , they gave me theophylline for asthma.

In the emergency room and doctor’s office , they will not give it to you. There is a medical disagreement , and the VA is staying on the “theophylline” side. What happens when Obamacare is in place and SAMHSA and NIMH disagree; or VAMC’s and CDC disagree, etc ?

I thought that was the right’s beef with the teacher’s union?

Isn’t that Walmart’s business model?

It’s been said the first pill costs $100 million to develop and sell, and then each subsequent pill costs a few buck to make.

However is the drug company going to recover $100 million on just that first pill?

Oh, you mean, volume and economies of scale do play a part?

How about if you guys stop stoking stupid comments about local arrests into national crises requiring further responses?

I am. So, once again, Frank, your arguments are shown to just be patently false.

Tell that to the car companies.

And is that what the plan is, Frank? I’d appreciate you pointing out where it says so.

What if the gov’t says “We’re only going to pay $39 for Drugamyacin but we’ll buy it in bulk.”?

As for the Veterans’ Administration, … and, finally, no employee ever gets fired, so they have a loyal staff.

IMHO, you’re wrong about staff loyalty. Not being allowed to fire anyone leads to a lazy staff (incompetance has no consequence) rather than a loyal one.

Also, you’re wrong about nobody getting fired. And that’s not an opinion.