Those poor, poor drug companies, it is not their fault they acted like utter cunts. After all, they were allowed to act like utter cunts, so they just had to. So lets solve this by removing all regulation that stops them from acting like utter cunts in other interesting ways, that couldn't possibly backfire.
>... or make more regulations, fewer people will sell drugs - at a higher price.
Which just doesnt happen in countries with stricter regulated medical markets. Quite the opposite, it happens in the US, thats what this article is about. Its a nice theory but not something that can be observed in reality.
>It only seems uncalled for if you don't believe price gouging on critical drugs to point of financial ruin and death is utterly evil.
It's naive and simplistic to actually believe that the price-gouging isn't far more nuanced than "evil" people sitting in a board room discussing how to screw over poor diabetics. But whatever works for you, I guess.
The system is broken, but at some point, people are sitting in a room deciding exactly that:
"Yes, some people will go bankrupt and some have actually died, but we need to strike while the iron is hot! After all, it's not our fault they can't get health care and we owe it to our shareholders to maximize profits"
It's naive and simplistic to actually believe that evil isn't far more nuanced than people sitting in a board room discussing how to screw over poor diabetics.
