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Value: Justice
Criteria: Utilatarinsm
It is the best way for states to create policies.
Goodin 90, Robert Goodin, fellow in philosophy, Australian National Defense University, THE UTILITARIAN RESPONSE, 1990, p. 141-2
C1:Innovation
Patents are the prerequisite to medical innovation
Roin 9 Benjamin Roin, Assistant Professor of Technological Innovation at MIT, 02-2009, “Unpatentable Drugs and the Standards of Patentability,” Texas Law Review, https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/docview/203704797?pq-origsite=primo/Kankee
First. Without innovation incentives, Diseases continue to get ignored in developing countries
Soyeju and Wabwire 18 Olufemi Soyeju, Lecturer at Lagos State University, and Joshua Wabwire, educator at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 01-2018, “The WTO-TRIPS Flexibilities on Public Health: A Critical Appraisal of the East African Community Regional Framework,” World Trade Review; Cambridge https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/docview/1994279823?accountid=3611andpq-origsite=primo/Kankee
Secondly Reducing patents would prevent future innovations in Covid-19 and other pandemics due to risks without a patent
Cueni, 20 Thomas Cueni, director-general of International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, May 17th, 2020, “Intellectual property is not a hindrance but a help to end Covid-19”, Financial Times, https://www.ft.com/content/e82dd07c-95c5-11ea-899a-f62a20d54625 /TriumphDebate
C2:Single Payer Alt
Lemley et al. 20 MARK A. LEMLEY, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, LISA LARRIMORE OUELLETTE, Associate Professor of Law and Justin M. Roach, Jr. Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School, and RACHEL E. SACHS, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University, 04-2020, “THE MEDICARE INNOVATION SUBSIDY,” NYU Law Review, https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYULAWREVIEW-95-1-LemleyOuelletteSachs.pdf/Kankee
Single-payer is extremely affordable
Galvani et al. 20 Alison P Galvani, PhD, Alyssa S Parpia, MPH, Eric M Foster, Burton H Singer, PhD, and Meagan C Fitzpatrick, PhD, 02-15-2020, “Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA,” Lancet, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)33019-3/fulltext#20/Kankee