Yes, but often the government research money doesn&#x27;t pay for the goverment-mandated clinial trials. See my comment at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10754886" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10754886</a> for details. So the parent&#x27;s proposal to have the government entirely fund bringing drugs to market, including paying for 100% of clinical trials, would indeed be a (large) change to (and possibly an improvement upon) the status quo.