Who’s the Real Boss at the FDA?
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Good points, but this ignores the U.S. Constitution. There is nothing in the Constitution about regulating drugs or food, and such an idea is not even in the spirit of the Constitution. And don't forget the 10th amendment, which a MAGA congress will no doubt bring back to life.
Anything needing to be done by a government that is not in the U.S. Constitution needs to be done by the state. It would be messier in some ways, but better because of its messiness. It would be way harder to corrupt 50 governments than corrupting one government.
In general, all health stuff needs to be shut down at the federal level, since it's unconstitutional AND gets crooked as shit, and needs to be handled by state health departments carefully monitored by the public. Also, ignoring real causes of health problems needs to end.
I like the idea of it but if there’s 50 fda does that mean the drug conpany needs their drugs approved 50 times?
Yeah - no thanks. Using the example, 50 states (not including the territories) x $2M is now $100M+. All drug prices go up, and it will take even longer - both for waiting for 50+ state approvals, and the drug company submitting 50+ likely different approval packages to the 50+ states/territories.
The FDA needs to be funded by the approval requests and be a quasi-govt agency like the USPS. No federal money would be my preference, but I could also live with a strict limit (enough to fund building maint and electricity) and mandatory raises in approval charges on the pharma company.
I'd still prefer if it was just the "FA" without the drug part though.
The larger issue seems to be how do you prevent corruption from taking place? It almost seems impossible either way whether funding comes from govt or big corps. It will rot eventually.
'Fraid so. But states regulate many things, and companies adapt.
Plus, we need FAR less medicine than is sold. And many older medicines without patents work just fine.