Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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Yes, we needed changes made.
Did we have to blow up the whole system?
I think not.
That would be my personal opinion.
I think we have a long way to go.
But the NIH, let me be clear, was massively underfunding women's health.
They were not doing a great job in women's health.
OK, of the 43 billion dollar budget, about 10 percent was going to women's health and most of that was going to pregnancy and breast cancer and some ovarian cancer.
Those were the three main buckets.
All right.
How else do we fund?
Big pharma.
That's how things work in this country.
OK, the pharmaceutical companies want to get paid for the drugs that they make.
This is supply and demand.
OK, they are putting up money to fund the studies.
so that they can sell their drugs to make money.
This is how it works, okay?
Estrogen is free, basically.
Oral estradiol is $2.