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Originally posted by jas1552
Viagra was invented by Pfizer which is a US pharmaceutical company. US pharmaceutical companies invent more new innovative drugs than all of europe combined. Perhaps your life will be saved one day because the US doesn't have socialized medicine.
http://www.efpia.org/2_indust/europe_0.htm
edit: posted wrong link. fixed.
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companies don't invent things, people do. yes US probably does discover a lot of new drugs, and that's a good thing for the world, although they don't do it for nothing.
Socialised medicine as you call it hasn't anything to do with innovation (were not communists), european countries heath services still have to buy the drugs from drugs companies just like in the US system. Free health care for everyone is a great idea and something to be proud of and is unrelated to innovation.