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3. If that kind of thinking were carried to the max...

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 11:56 AM

Apr 2018

...the drug companies would be churning out tons products that it would be nearly impossibe to stop taking. But they wouldn't do that, right?

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"Is curing patients a sustainable business model?" Goldman Sachs analysts ask [View all] sinkingfeeling Apr 2018 OP

Talk about cold and callous. marble falls Apr 2018 #1

If that kind of thinking were carried to the max... Girard442 Apr 2018 #3

Utilitarianism at its worst ismnotwasm Apr 2018 #4

It's definitely not oberliner Apr 2018 #5

No worries. They'll just charge $500,000 for one-shot cures. fleur-de-lisa Apr 2018 #6

When extremely wealthy people get cancer FakeNoose Apr 2018 #7

Germany can cure all cancers? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #15

ain't free market capitalism grand..... AJT Apr 2018 #8

Yup, capitalism at it's finest...err worst Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #12

Perfectly logical in a capitalist system Cal Carpenter Apr 2018 #9

Already a great example exboyfil Apr 2018 #13

The *analysis* isn't the problem. unblock Apr 2018 #14

This is why the free market should NOT be trusted with health care. nt Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #16