1. He says he wants to eliminate the mandate to buy health insurance. Last week he said he 'loved' the mandate to buy health insurance. Which position will he take if president?
2.He says he wants to allow the importation of (likely price controlled) drugs that cost more if bought in the US. This will completely destroy the incentive of drug producers to develop new drugs. Due primarily to US government regulations, it costs billions to develop new drugs. If the companies are not allowed to recover those costs, they will stop doing it.
I never knew either of my two grandfathers. They both died from diseases that can be cured today with a $10 prescription of drugs. My kids all grew up with four grandparents that lived into their 90's. All of them developed dementia before dying. I hope that I, too, will live into my 90s, but I also hope that a cure for dementia will be found before then. Trump's plan will kill that hope.
Well, the big research $$$ started leaving/have left the US for Asia, when 0’care came. You don’t get outstanding care AND research at the same time.
As to 1. Which one did he put in writing?
As for 2. Don’t you believe that competition in the market place, Spurs innovation?
Because it sure as hell has in the tech industry. And don’t tell me that they don’t pour billions into R&D either. Because you know they do.
“...This will completely destroy the incentive of drug producers to develop new drugs...”
Your points are good, except for the one I quoted. Big-Pharma is not going to shut down their businesses because they lose their monopoly. There is still plenty of business to be had, even without an artificial monopoly. Their counter will be that FDA regulation (which is patently absurd in some instances) has a large chunk of blame to share for the high costs of doing “Pharma” business. The FDA will require a loooong overdue sanity check and review.
To be sure, Big-Pharma will squeal like a stuck pig, but I have no doubts they will keep finding some way to turn a substantial profit.