An Evil Combine? Big Pharma - Big Charity - Big Medical
I am very suspicious of Big Pharma. I am suspicious of government’s ability to control them. I am not confident that everything we think is for our health care is. I believe it a dark predatory system.
Case in point. See if I can connect the dots.
AstraZeneca produces chemotherapy drugs for breast cancer.
A round of chemo costs a hundred grand.
AstraZeneca is the prime mover behind the breast cancer awareness month. They want to find as many potential cancers as possible for treatment.
The American Cancer Society is the prime recipient of largess by AstraZeneca. The pink ribbon campaign pushes early detection. Find cancers quick.
AstraZeneca owns or finances a dozen cancer treatment centers. Each one can handle about 1800 patients per year. 1800 X $100,000 = $180,000,000. That’s about 2 billion in revenues per year.
50 Billion dollars per year is spent annually treating cancer in the USA.
It’s a huge business.
The monopolistic combine of the American Cancer Society, Big Pharma and Cancer Treatment Clinics doesn’t give me much confidence in an alleged “Free Enterprise” system of Health Care.
Something is wrong with this picture.
When I start connecting the dots this get’s messier and messier.
