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Aurornistoday at 4:52 AM1 replyview on HN

The dubious idea is that eliminating private medical care systems would open up a world of research into treating very rare conditions with high R&D costs.

If this was true, why wouldn't all of the countries with socialized medicine be doing it already?


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paulryanrogerstoday at 5:13 AM

The US already was, and to since extent still does. Same in the UK and other parts of Europe. Government funds a lot of medical R&D.

Thank them for the fundamental research that lead to the COVID vaccine.