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NightlyPoe said:
RolStoppable said:

Was that the only thing you were being facetious about? I hope so, because the initial claim that innovation would stop is bogus.

No one said innovation would stop.  That's a straw man and decidedly not the point of contention.

However, it would slow down.

I'm pretty sure the pharma industry is already doing their very best to slow down innovation as much as possible. There is no profit to be made in effectively treating or even healing people. I don't see how they would be able to slow it down even further.

The exorbitant pricing and ineffective medicine in contrast to the gigantic profit margins of pharma companies tell pretty much the opposite story. Apparently there is already no competition driving innovation. The only thing they're driving is new ways to collect even more money and pay even more doctors.



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