OMG, we do help people with the breakthoughs, you don't help them by giving away drugs and stopping development, Think of the drugs that are yet to be, those help people.
Drug companies make massive profits off of drugs like viagra and such, profits that they turn around and put right back into R&D. My biggest question is where would the money for reaserch and development for new drugs come from if we had socialized medicine, it sure as hell would be coming from our 7 trillion dollar debt.
I think you're missing the point. He's excited that this congress has so many ideas, not just for the first 100 hours, and that they are motivated to change the status quo for the better.