You provide very interesting perspectives on this thread, D1.
I keep envisioning where we would be without lawyers in the mix. In that case, neighborhood GPs could take care of their neighbors, in many cases, like in the old days. They could dispense medicines according to practical considerations including costs, and, of course, THE PLACEBO EFFECT IS REAL ... meaning that a lot of medicine is the personal trust and involvement.
Or at least that used to be the case.
I think we must all understand here, that as long as the government is involved, costs will continue to expand to soak up every dollar and more, no matter what the taxpayers provide.
Socialism is a bottomless pit.
As for health care, I agree that the federal government should stay as far away from it as it possibly can.
When it comes to a national policy on drug approvals, we need a national entity to run the approval process.
That does not necessarily have to be a government program.
An industry group might run that process well, but then you’d have the pharmaceutical folks pretty much running the show.
A commission or some such, would be made up of industry insiders. In a way that makes sense, because they understand the dynamics of bringing new drugs to market.
If you bring on people from the other public sector, you run the risk of getting Leftists involved. Of course that’s the same problem with the government oversight too.
People trash the FDA, and at times for good cause too.
I’m not sure what the resolution to this is. Getting it out of the government’s hands could be a better way to go.
If there’s a way to screw this up though, the Left will be sure to be there to help.
Thanks for the mention of the interesting perspectives.