rocketeer8015 t1_ixyjvtf wrote on November 27, 2022 at 11:26 AM

Reply to comment by lunchboxultimate01 in Human Trial to Regrow Mini-Livers in Patients with End-Stage Liver Damage by lunchboxultimate01

Hmm, that’s a very well thought out response. Do you have a counter example of a medication or procedure that’s as important(life saving) as insulin yet cheap and affordable in the US?

You make it sound as if insulin is a outlier, but I can immediately think of another example with an even wider scope: childbirth in a hospital. Same theme, captive audience(if your pregnant you are going to give birth in the best case), same result, high costs.

lunchboxultimate01 OP t1_ixzdu75 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 4:12 PM

I think you've missed my point. Healthcare pricing in the U.S. is certainly out of whack due to a fractured, bureaucratic system, which makes coverage through insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare important for patients.

My intention was to show the motte-and-bailey fallacy, which was the following:

A1: This medical advancement will just bankrupt families for generations.

B: I don't see why. People will be able to get it like they do organ transplants (or any other medical procedure because it will be covered by insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare).

A2: Well insulin is overpriced...

A1 and A2 are not the same argument. The fact that A2 is correct does not make A1 correct. Additionally, B has not been disproven.