A Voluntary FDA

On March 31, 2010, in Thoughts, by Matt

A Voluntary FDA would lower health care costs and give us access to better service and products.  For argument and research sake, I really recommend everyone watch Stossel and see how the FDA Kills far more than it saves.


The best point made is when a new drug is approved and everyone celebrates how it will save 50,000 people a year.  That means that for the 15 years of testing, it killed 750,000 by not being available.

The FDA should be voluntary just like Underwriters Laboratories or UL.  Who are they?  Look at nearly every single thing you plug in to the wall that is more than just a wire.  That charger is UL tested.  Everyone does it even though it is completely voluntary.


If the FDA were voluntary, anyone wanting only FDA approved would have that option.  It would be the Gold Standard of approvals.  If you are willing to go without the FDA it is your choice, some will some will not.  By having different voluntary levels of accreditation would allow us to judge how thoroughly tested it has been.  Liberals read this and say, “I would be smart enough to make a good decision but others are not”.

Matt

http://talkofliberty.com

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  • ntrwriter

    Gardisil was jammed through the FDA in about six months. The idea that pharmaceutical companies test new drugs for “years” is a little hard to swallow.

    Besides, a majority of testing happens at the university level – government funded. A voluntary FDA sounds pretty good, but testing electronics is a helluva lot easier than testing drugs. Your electronics either work well or they don't.

    Why don't we start with ending the corporate payoffs to the FDA – as in Gardisil's case – for starters.

  • ntrwriter

    I did watch Stossel's segment, btw. It is a shame that some testing costs so much, but ask the drug companies why the FDA tries to classify vitamins and minerals as drugs if they have any healthful properties whatsoever. Pharma doesn't want natural remedies cutting in on its racket. There are other problems going on with the FDA that need to be investigated. Behind all this money is more money. I can almost guarantee that.

  • http://www.talkofliberty.com/ Talk of Liberty

    Agreed, the government should be voluntary. The FDA has no incentive to get better, that is bad. There is a massive market of natural products which are cheap and very effective.

  • http://www.talkofliberty.com/ Talk of Liberty

    This is any government agency. The big companies always use regulations for their gain. That is why big companies never complain. It makes it impossible for smaller companies to enter or compete.

  • http://www.talkofliberty.com/ Talk of Liberty

    Agreed, the government should be voluntary. The FDA has no incentive to get better, that is bad. There is a massive market of natural products which are cheap and very effective.

  • http://www.talkofliberty.com/ Talk of Liberty

    This is any government agency. The big companies always use regulations for their gain. That is why big companies never complain. It makes it impossible for smaller companies to enter or compete.



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