# What do you believe firmly with zero evidence?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 26, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-believe-firmly-with-zero-evidence/960129 "2022-02-26T00:42:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-believe-firmly-with-zero-evidence/960129/197 "2022-03-04T04:18:43Z")

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> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#):
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> But my (anecdotal) experience makes me suspect that Big Pharma sometimes incentivizes providers to make decisions in Big Pharma’s interests, at the expense of patients’.

Big Pharma apparently has started using a patient’s mother to argue against the Prescription Drug Pricing Plan that is part of Build Back Better. She’s been on TV claiming that governmental interference will stifle innovation thus harm her young son – who just happens to have some incredibly rare disease.

Let’s say some pharmaceutical company finds a cure for him – what are they gonna do when they discover they can’t afford it?

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