Biotech Values

[Biowatch]

No, it’s that it’s close to socialized medicine, so I find it ironic that people who are vehemently against socialized medicine can be adamantly opposed to getting rid of Medicare, Medicaid, or social security.

Everybody pays into the system, and everybody who lives long enough gets to benefit from it regardless of whether they contributed enough to pay for their specific medical needs.

For example, someone who drops dead from a heart attack won’t get their money’s worth out of the system, but someone who undergoes expensive chemotherapy and survives benefits from the money the other person put into the system.

Win win on average.

FWIW, my father died when I was five, and I collected veterans checks until I was 18 and social security checks until I graduated from college. Took me a long time to earn enough to pay back into the system all the money I received from social security, but without it, I might not have had a successful career in the sciences and help cure cancer, even if my contribution was a minor stepping stone in a long pathway.