Numerous developed nations may be "free riding" on American medical innovation, according to a letter sent Tuesday by congressmen to President Donald Trump, and released exclusively to the Washington Free Beacon.
The letter, authored by Rep. Sean Duffy (R., Wisc.) and cosigned by 26 Republican colleagues, comes as French president Emmanuel Macron made his first visit to the United States. Macron is expected to discuss trade with Trump, as is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will pay a visit to the United States beginning Friday.
Both Germany and France are cited as developed countries with more-socialized health care systems that are consequently taking advantage of U.S. health care innovation while indirectly causing Americans to shoulder the cost burden.
"Developed countries like Germany, France, Japan, and Australia consistently undermine American companies through longstanding, impermissible practices that place an unfair burden on U.S. patients, cost our economy jobs, and rob us of new treatments and cures," Duffy writes.
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Laws need to be passed to protect developments made in science, medicine, and technology.
ReplyDeleteOh wait, there are laws, it's just this stuff is for sale to the highest bidder!