Comments by "Stephen Jenkins" (@stephenjenkins7971) on "The REAL Reason Insulin Prices Are Falling" video.

Unlikely. The US has on a macro level has every reason to maintain the status quo, as it gives pharmaceutical companies immense wealth to do more research and maintain the US' highly productive research into medicinal development.
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@augustday9483 I do tell that. That's chump change compared to the billions needed. And congrats, people discovered something in the past. I guess because someone discovered paper in the past no more research is needed to discover more things, right? I never said the medical industry won't advance, just that it will not be a fraction as competitive. Which is factually correct.
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@augustday9483 It would just as likely break competition as research into new insulin without reaping the benefits is not worth it.
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@peterwein1716 Patents are critical for competition in the first place. There is no point making something new if everyone can just copy you in an instant.
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@raerohan4241 By this logic its criminal that people have to work to earn a living too, since money is essential to life. Medicine is very helpful no question, but advancements in it is what saves lives. Patents are necessary for that.
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