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One of the best explanations I have ever read about American Healthcare. Even after such good infographic it is still hard to comprehend such complexity.

> The $441B in prescription drugs - the story of incentivizing American innovation over price controls.

This itself speaks for how messedup the entire design is.

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It actually doesn’t incentivize innovation. That’s the biggest scam in healthcare. If it actually led to innovations and notable uptick in quality, other countries would have done the same. The whole argument is so flawed it makes my brain hurt.

How is the argument flawed? On average the USA has more innovation than any other major country in pharmaceuticals in terms of new drugs per capita per year.

I think the author seems to be using sarcasm when he said innovation.