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		ChrisLTD on May 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by B... Bingo. The private profit motive isn't the only way to get things done. Two of the greatest scientific and engineering feats of the 20th century, the atom bomb and landing on the moon, were both government run and funded.

icebraining on May 9, 2016 [–]

Not sure if the war motive is much better than the profit motive, though.

ChrisLTD on May 10, 2016 | [–]

To stretch the analogy, lives are being threatened in war as they are also threatened by medical illness.

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