“When we ask what ought to be the relative remunerations of a nurse or a butcher, or a coal miner and a judge at a high court, of the deep sea diver of the cleaner of sewers, of the organiser of a new industry and a jockey, of the inspector of taxes and the inventor of a life-saving drug, of the jet-pilot or the professor of mathematics, the appeal to 'social justice' does not give us the slightest help in deciding.” GivingDoeHelpingAsksSocialJusticeSeaJudgingIndustryOughtDrugTaxesMathematicsSocial JusticeCourtSavingAppealsProfessorsRelativeNursePilotsCoalInventorJetCleanersButchersMinersSewersInspectorsJockeysLife SavingDeep SeaCoal MinersRemuneration Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention.” ShouldBelieveI BelieveDrugEssentialsPaidAvailableInventionSavingRoyaltyPaymentSuitableInnovatorsLife Saving Author:Yusuf Hamied
“Drug companies should not be allowed to reap excessive profits or spend unreasonable amounts on marketing if they want to receive support that is designed to encourage life- saving and health-improving treatments.” IfsWantShouldCompanySupportAmountDrugMarketingProfitSavingTreatmentImprovingReapUnreasonableLife SavingDrug Companies Author:Hillary Clinton
“I cannot be alone in being pretty nauseated by Red Nose Day, or at least its television manifestation. Do I think that wretchedly poor children in Africa should get food and life-saving drugs? Of course. Do I want to be hectored into contributing by celebrities who earn more in a 10-minute slot than many of these families get in a year? Nope.” ThinkingWantShouldYearsChildrenCoursesPoorMinutesTelevisionDrugRedSavingNosesManifestationContributingLife SavingBeing PrettyPoor Children Author:Simon Hoggart
“When we find unjustified spikes in the prices of long-standing life-saving drugs, we should slap penalties on companies trying to cheat people who need those drugs!” PeopleNeedsShouldTryingLongCompanyDrugStandingSavingPenaltiesCheatSlapLife SavingUnjustified Author:Hillary Clinton
“I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care.” GivingCareLawWrittenDrugGiving UpCancerAccessCuresSavingSeniorMedicareBeneficiariesLife SavingHospice Author:Ron Wyden