tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post8282922855721975851..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Death-with-dignity advocates battle Big PharmaMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-63587794476978850332016-04-12T16:34:30.637-05:002016-04-12T16:34:30.637-05:00The "hand of the market" doesn't wor...The "hand of the market" doesn't work when there are negotiated monopolies between members of industry in order to prevent competition. Big pharma has used the Bell model in order to set up "territories" of drugs that they don't compete with each other to keep the prices artificially high. Patents don't even come into play here as most of these drugs are old and have been out of patent 30+ years so any other company could start producing the drug, they just negotiate which ones each of them will produce at a higher than market profit.TheReaperDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376490778078199724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-42543455970132806752016-04-08T21:04:51.299-05:002016-04-08T21:04:51.299-05:00Your Liberal shortsightedness obviously blinds you...Your Liberal shortsightedness obviously blinds you to the benefits these price hikes will trickle down into the after life. Stan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8466619406557530202016-04-07T16:59:23.081-05:002016-04-07T16:59:23.081-05:00That's obscene. It's actions like this tha...That's obscene. It's actions like this that drive me further and further to the left.Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.com