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Your original response said we spend more on research because we are bigger. It was your point, not mine - this is your logic, not mine. You say there are better and more efficient ways to fund R&D than through biotech, but you don't say what they are. One can only assume you mean taxpayer...

I think you have to clarify what your numbers mean here. The CBO estimates that ADMINISTRATIVE costs are are much lower for single payer, since they don't include a profit margin, which is typically around 10%. In other words, overall cost would be reduced by single digit percentages. This fails...

Yes, We spend far too much on healthcare in the US, particularly when life expectancy and other negative factors are taken into account. I am confused by what you mean when you lament $1100/pp going to biomedical research (which generally does improve health outcomes) and when you say there are...

Thank you for taking my comment seriously enough not to immediately call me a bot or use invective. However... You point out that we spend the same amount on drug development as the the global healthcare system average, but my point was that we nonetheless have a far more productive biotech...

It's strange to read the comments section here on ARS, a website dedicated to the advancement of technology. Commenters are uniformly anti-capitalist, which is at odds with the reality that capitalism is the driving force behind the spread of technological advancement. Yes, healthcare presents...

Price is an important signal, and to the extent that a person cannot afford to keep her/his house at 70º in winter, there may be climate benefits. Green energy, however, requires large capital outlays - if you have to pay more for your heating oil each month, you may be able to do so, but might...

Such a lawsuit as described in this article will raise prices for consumers, succeed or fail, and will fail to accelerate transition to renewables. The fossil fuel industry protects its profits, like every other company/industry, but they can do so because the technologies that allow for them to...

Europe has a productivity problem. The US is accelerating away from Europe on every important technology, and standards of living are rising faster here than there. Of course, there must be rules to protect us from our own human nature, and our rules could always be improved, but if those...

If there is a healthcare angle here it is minor, since wealthy Americans are not limited in their use of healthcare, and Europeans also have disparities between rich and poor when it comes to longevity. Also note that Medicaid allows poor Americans access to healthcare - it just doesn't seem to...

This kind of policy is typical of NYS (resident). Residents who don't qualify (the middle class and up) will face costlier bills. This is true of EVERYTHING in NYS, roll the tape, the state will loose in the long run - and maybe sooner the that (since already loosing). Going a bit deeper.... All...

I think the suggestion that arguments against EVs are "inane" is simply not accurate. Like any issue, there are arguments for and against. This article presents good arguments FOR EVs, though it often does so by denying concerns of those who are skeptical. It also ignores issues like battery...

The molecule is un-patentable. The results cannot be double-blind (since tripping break that regimen). Talk-therapy is not conclusively/scientifically(double-blind) verifiable as a "therapy". But the data shows it works. We all know if works. Tens-of-thousands of Vets are dying annually (gun to...

The original post suggested that taxpayers subsidize the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $646 billion. This is obviously wrong. Consumers are subsidized to that amount, since those costs are not reflected in the price paid. Yes, if consumers had to pay for the $646 billion annually fossil...

You cite some eye-watering numbers, but if you read the linked report from Senator Whitehouse’s office, you get a much different and quite an unclear picture. The $646 billion number comes from an accounting of the cost of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, and no information about how that...

I have been riding a Specialized Creo Comp Carbon SL Turbo for a couple of years alongside my 85yo father-in-law on the same. This bike is just over half the price of the Trek reviewed here - it is less of a fetishistic object. It is fantastic. For those who wonder why ride an e-bike, it's just...

Hmmm, this is a rather extreme point of view. There is lots of compelling data & evidence for the lab-leak hypothesis. This new data is interesting, but is not convincing RE "wild mammals" in the market being the original source of the viral spread. Raccoon dogs are bred - they are not wild...

Unlike healthcare, which is necessary whether one works or does not work, the necessity for childcare is tied to work. These are separate problems. For large companies, providing quality childcare could be an important tool for attracting and retaining talent - it makes sense that it get's...

The reason for the chip act was national security - we are completely dependent on chips from Asia, and so are highly vulnerable to disruptions in that part of the world. Since the cost to manufacture chips in the US is considerably higher, making traditional investment a non-starter for most...

Two removable battery packs (weight? must be 20lbs each or more) would not be terribly convenient if, say, one had been to the supermarket and had shopping bags to carry. My point was mainly that urban environments don't have any good solutions to the EV charging problem - at least none that I...

Interesting, since this is considerably cheaper than most golf carts but more fully featured, and obviously much safer. The problem of course is that there are few municipalities where these would work, since 25mph speeds eliminates most suburban environments, and where would apartment-dwellers...