Should the US Subsidize Pharmacy Companies?

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Big Pharma collectively makes about 712 billion a year, and yet we shell out an average of 270 billion in subsidies from taxpayers. Should we continue to subsidize them? That's like half the deficit right there.

I'm guessing most of this is from Medicare, Medicaid, insurance subsidies, etc?

I would think so. Unless I saw a detailed list of "subsidies" in question, my gut reaction would be a resounding NO. Even most grant-work seems more than worthwhile - and not necessarily for "Big" Pharma.

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Not shown in this chart, the literally 20,000 drug companies that literally have a drug or two in their pipeline. They may as well be showing the profits of oil companies because that's how related those two statistics are. Geez.