tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-828330400342145978.post3647275155478250537..comments2023-06-07T09:01:34.925-04:00Comments on Coca's Nuts: Big PharmaCocameisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11521527048878256556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-828330400342145978.post-68941301337551823542008-01-27T21:00:00.000-05:002008-01-27T21:00:00.000-05:00What's this ?!?! another chink in the armor of the...What's this ?!?! another chink in the armor of the all powerful free market??!?! how many more ace inhibitors do we need? as many as the invisible hand can create -- say 2,000 or so? Steve, you've brought up another perfect example of free market failure -- a situation where consumers do NOT have perfect information and therefore cannot be rational actors in a market system. So who is brokering on the individual consumer's behalf? FREAKIN' insurance companies!!!!! tied for most abhorrent players (w/ pharma) in this entire health care crap fest. SINGLE PAYER! SINGLE PAYOR! healthcare is not widgets and the free market has no place in it . Sound healthcare is a public good just like nat'l defense and lighthouses and roads. good god, y'all there are direct-to-consumer adds for EPOGEN!!!!!!!!!!Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03060719449030959357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-828330400342145978.post-24301633337801170402008-01-27T08:31:00.000-05:002008-01-27T08:31:00.000-05:00Amen, sister! I don't know if this still happens b...Amen, sister! I don't know if this still happens but in the late 90s big pharma used to shmooze MDs and spend absurd amounts of $$ on them (including international trips) counted as R&D because they would say this time with clinicians was essential to their R&D...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com