PATENTS! Should they be part of healthcare?

I think NOT, as they can adversely affect people’s finances (medicine, food, or shelter) and their health (life or death). They allow a greedy drug maker to prevent others from producing the same drug whether or not it works, thus freely gouging consumers at profits 50X, or even 500X over their costs. They do this apparently without the slightest concern for some of our compatriots who are too poor to afford the drug. As dedicated scientists, we may never think of this. But the people who control the vicious cycle of drug therapy (our big bosses) would not hesitate to prey on the sick with their attendant miseries to enrich themselves. In a recent post, I wondered that our yearly healthcare costs might be in $trillions instead of $billions. Is anyone keeping track of them? With the approval of Valbenazine (Ingrezza), the v.c. was firmly established, providing a perpetual one-way flow of money from us to Big Pharma but offering us no substantial returns. Instead, more drug-caused diseases which require more new drugs to treat, perpetuating the v.c.! Where are our senators, congressmen, and president, who supposedly serve our interests? hashtag#patentshashtag#costshashtag#healthcarehashtag#gouginghashtag#profitshashtag#viciouscyclehashtag#drugtherapyhashtag#Ingrezzahashtag#senatehashtag#congress