[Ip-health] Taxing Health Insurance Premiums and Subsidizing Health Care Providers

[Nicole Woo]

Taxing Health Insurance Premiums and Subsidizing Health Care Providers
Monday 20 July 2009
by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

"...Why won't Congress get rid of the government patent monopolies that
make prescription drugs expensive? Without patent protection, we could
save more than $200 billion a year on prescription drugs. We can find
other more efficient means of financing the research and development of
new drugs. For some reason, economists don't even think about this
massive source of inefficiency and waste..."

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Nicole Woo
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