Comments on: New Drugs Pay Off http://healthblog.ncpa.org/new-drugs-pay-off/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Greg http://healthblog.ncpa.org/new-drugs-pay-off/comment-page-1/#comment-39705 Greg Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:10:02 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1090#comment-39705 I think I have seen other studies by Lichtenberg, showing that we get our greatest return from spending on drug therapies, as opposed, say, to doctor or hospital therapies. If so, we should be encouraging more pharmaceutical R & D, not less of it. Strangely, both Obama and McCain came out for importation of drugs at the price controlled cost imposed in other countries. This is a move in the wrong direction. I think I have seen other studies by Lichtenberg, showing that we get our greatest return from spending on drug therapies, as opposed, say, to doctor or hospital therapies.

If so, we should be encouraging more pharmaceutical R & D, not less of it.

Strangely, both Obama and McCain came out for importation of drugs at the price controlled cost imposed in other countries. This is a move in the wrong direction.

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/new-drugs-pay-off/comment-page-1/#comment-39702 Ken Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:46:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1090#comment-39702 This is bad news for the anti-drug industry crowd. The people who claim most new drugs are just copycat drugs and we pay too much and the drug companies make too much profit, yada, yada, yada, yada. This is bad news for the anti-drug industry crowd. The people who claim most new drugs are just copycat drugs and we pay too much and the drug companies make too much profit, yada, yada, yada, yada.

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