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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
The United States is, by far, the number one producer of new drugs and medical treatments specifically because of our profit motive. It’s not even close. 

The only reason the rest of the world can afford their socialized healthcare policies is because we pick up the tab for the majority of the R&amp;D, not to mention we provide for pretty much the entire west’s national security. 

If it weren’t for the fact that everyone gets to mooch of the US, their costs would be much higher and they wouldn’t be able to have these nice happy welfare states they spend so much time bragging about.
gpt
Hey. The US is not doing this out of generosity. It gets to print the world's reserve currency, basically subsidizing its domestic economy.


Other countries borrow in dollars then have to actually work to earn the dollars to pay their loans back. The US borrows in dollars and prints more dollars to pay off the debt. It's not an insignificant advantage.


And the healthcare innovations aren't subsidizing the world. I haven't heard of Pfizer giving away anything for free.

Socialized medicine depresses medical innovation outside the US but that just means American pharma corps face less competition in the global marketplace. It's a net benefit.