By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026This meant that his administration worked at cross-purposes to itself, neutering its boldest initiatives, rendering them impotent. 13/ 1100
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026Take Biden's plan to finally allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices with pharma companies, a move that was *very* long overdue. Before this, the way the system worked was: pharma companies named a price - any price! - and then Uncle Sucker paid it. 14/ 1110
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026No other country in the world operates this way, and, of course, the lion's share of pharma R&D costs are already borne by the American public (or they were, until Musk DOGEd the US research budget to death). 15/ 1110
