<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">spike wrote</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Ja.  I don't see anything in the US Constitution that authorizes the Federal</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">government to make or enforce law regarding drug companies.  Proposed</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">solution: have all that done at the state level.</span><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">---------</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">But Spike, the gov. buys drugs for Medicare and Medicaid.  Why can't they negotiate on those?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">p.s - you don't want to leave things to states like mine because they are dysfunctional</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">bill w</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:13 AM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 28 March 2017 at 15:56, Dylan Distasio  wrote:<br>
> Apologies for the lack of a detailed reply, but I do not think it is a fact<br>
> that single payer healthcare systems "work great."  They are currently<br>
> functioning and providing universal coverage.  Working great is another<br>
> story.  I'll reiterate that I think the current US system is incredibly<br>
> problematic.   I think you are heavily discounting the rationing effect that<br>
> is part and parcel of any single payer plan.  Do you think that the UK's<br>
> single payer system is working great?  If so, what dispassionate metrics are<br>
> you basing this on?<br>
><br>
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</span>The present US system has rationing by price and apparently many more<br>
people are dying by this system of rationing than in 30 other<br>
countries.<br>
<br>
Many life-saving treatments are actually quite cheap, but out of reach<br>
of many in the US. Entering the US medical care system runs up<br>
astronomical bills very quickly.<br>
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BillK<br>
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