347
submitted 1 month ago by nekandro@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Why should drug companies be profitable at all? Seems like the perfect thing to be nationalized and/or even considered a basic necessity.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Governments do have the option of simply buying the patent from the drug company (no communism necessary) but Americans have rejected socialized medicine for Americans. I don't expect that they would want to subsidize medicine for poor Africans.

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
347 points (99.7% liked)

World News

32075 readers
1186 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS