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<blockquote data-quote="LarryBird" data-source="post: 3968166" data-attributes="member: 76548">This is super complex. There&#039;s so many valid points to made on both sides of the argument. The government, AMA, and pharmaceutical companies in conjunction with the FDA tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to developing new drugs and treatments for very valid reasons. Our sue happy country, not the least of them. Protection of the patients against unscrupulous companies who would rush unproven products to market is the foremost. I don&#039;t know that anyone would really argue that we&#039;ve found the sweet spot between innovation and protection of the patient. As far as driving the prices up, there&#039;s a whole slew of reasons for that as well.We could fill the current length of this thread 10x over before a fraction of the points were all laid out and the arguments were made for both sides. A message board isn&#039;t the place for it. I&#039;m not really sure where is the place, and that&#039;s part of the issue too. Who decides these things? Personal responsibility? Government&#039;s? Big pharma? No great answers. No perfect solution. My head wants to explode just considering it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LarryBird, post: 3968166, member: 76548"] This is super complex. There's so many valid points to made on both sides of the argument. The government, AMA, and pharmaceutical companies in conjunction with the FDA tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to developing new drugs and treatments for very valid reasons. Our sue happy country, not the least of them. Protection of the patients against unscrupulous companies who would rush unproven products to market is the foremost. I don't know that anyone would really argue that we've found the sweet spot between innovation and protection of the patient. As far as driving the prices up, there's a whole slew of reasons for that as well. We could fill the current length of this thread 10x over before a fraction of the points were all laid out and the arguments were made for both sides. A message board isn't the place for it. I'm not really sure where is the place, and that's part of the issue too. Who decides these things? Personal responsibility? Government's? Big pharma? No great answers. No perfect solution. My head wants to explode just considering it. [/QUOTE]

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