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[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ok, so if the people making the decision were all patients or the relatives of patients, and they were also just regular people with normal working class jobs, do you think the amount of money put into research would increase or decrease?

[-] Quereller@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago

I don't know, many societies don't want to discuss how much worth is one additional year of life for example. I also don't know if it would improve output if research and development and manufacturing of drugs would be completely state run. But the I think the ruling elites are almost all patients in one form or the other. Have you ever seen a completely healthy elderly politician? If it only taking pills against high blood pressure, or high cholesterol. Or maybe they have a new hip or knee joint.

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