Brazil gets 40% cut on AIDS drugs

[Brad DeLong]

>  >More important, I think, is that Brazil has a strong moral case and
>ACT-UP doesn't. Brazil is a poor country with lots of sick people who
>have no chance of finding anyone to pay first-world prices for drugs.
>The U.S. AIDS-afflicted population lives in the richest country in
>the world.
>
>That the US is the richest country in the world is beside the point 
>since the US isn't buying AIDS treatments for sick people. The costs 
>for AIDS treatments--especially "the cocktail"--are prohibitive for 
>most in the US, at about $1000 a month, depending on the stage of 
>illness, insurance etc. That conditions are far worse in Brazil 
>doesn't mean that PWA's in the US (or anywhere else) haven't a moral 
>case.
>
>Christian

Oh, a strong moral case for a better Medicaid program--and national 
health insurance. A weak moral case for lower drug prices...

Brad DeLong