Newmark's Door

One anecdote is not any kind of good ground for public policy. But if the anecdote is representative of a much, much larger class of folks--as I believe this one is--it is something that should definitely be included in the discussion.

For all its well-documented inefficiencies, the American healthcare system is second to none. And the pharmaceutical industry is an essential part of it. My son and my daughter still have their parents because of Big Pharma. I have a wife because of Big Pharma. And millions of others are alive because a scientist, paid well out of the revenue generated by a company’s previously issued medicines, discovered a new miracle medicine that could save or prolong a life.