The Use of Research to Compare Drug Treatments is Socialism.

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The GOP would not support comparative research that was proposed in the healthcare reform bill. They argued that it was socialized medicine and that Medicare should be prohibited from using this tool to cut the costs of Medicare which are the most important contributor to our long term budget concerns. I guess consumers and doctors should not have to put up with research which shows that two drugs provide similar results, and that one of the drugs costs many times more than the other. This article shows that Medicare has paid out millions more than it would have paid if it were able to use comparative research. Apparently, the GOP favors higher spending on Medicare. Research and the use of data to make important decisions is socialism, like everything else that is proposed by their political opponents.