[ExI] Why is “cost of living” such a big problem?

[Brent Allsop]

I agree with spike.  There must be a free market for medical R&D and people
should be able to get obsenely rich by being successfull in this.  My
understanding is that most medical developments occur in the US.  And there
is a reason for that.  We simply need to find a way to ration all this
great stuff, and be Ok with only a few getting it at first, untill we can
afford it for everyone.  But until then....

On Tue, Nov 3, 2026 at 7:21 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
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> >...There is one clear cause for the ridiculously high expense of
> healthcare in the US: Already-rich people making making even more money
> from the suffering of poor people... Ben
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> Ben, our medicine costs a ton of money.  It is developed and qualified at
> enormous expense.  The companies that do that must make back their money
> somehow.  Otherwise new medications and therapies will not be developed.
> Other countries can duplicate the medication for low cost and buy the
> machines invented here.  Consequence: medicine is very expensive here.  We
> do not have the option to socialize medicine here, even if we just stop
> developing new medicines, for the government cannot afford our medical
> system either.  Its debt is too high to take on new expenses.
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> spike
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