To: Tumbleweed_Connection
When anything is "free", people will want more of it. Doctors will give away more of it and seniors will either stockpile it or sell it to non-seniors for pure profit and greed. This will help keep the fraud and greed to a minimum. There is also a thing called "over medicated". Just because a doctor gives you a drug does not mean it will help you. Some actually do more harm when there are interactions with other drugs you are on. Too much of a good thing can kill you. Seniors are also the wealthiest segment of the population. It should be means tested. Let's also not forget, IT'S VOLUNTARY.
To: Ron in Acreage
When anything is "free", people will want more of it.And up until now, research into anti-aging drugs has been constrained by economic reality.
If you thought you could slow aging by five years with an IV infusion once a week that cost $50 000 to produce, you would not start the research-because there would be no market at that price.
Now that it's "free"-the sky's the limit.
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