Americans call it "socialised medicine." But....
"In the US, where politicians and patients are railing against high drug prices, more than 40 members of Congress wrote to Donald Trump in February to demand that the president ensure that any government funding of a vaccine or treatment came with an important string attached: everyone will be able to access it.
“If we manage to find, at taxpayer expense, some treatment or cure through a vaccine, we need to be able to afford it everywhere,” says Jan Schakowsky, a Democratic congresswoman from Illinois, who led the initiative. “It should not be turned over to private pharma companies.”
https://www.ft.com/content/e0ecc6b6-5d43-11ea-b0ab-339c2307bcd4
"In the US, where politicians and patients are railing against high drug prices, more than 40 members of Congress wrote to Donald Trump in February to demand that the president ensure that any government funding of a vaccine or treatment came with an important string attached: everyone will be able to access it.
“If we manage to find, at taxpayer expense, some treatment or cure through a vaccine, we need to be able to afford it everywhere,” says Jan Schakowsky, a Democratic congresswoman from Illinois, who led the initiative. “It should not be turned over to private pharma companies.”
https://www.ft.com/content/e0ecc6b6-5d43-11ea-b0ab-339c2307bcd4
