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How are they different in fundamental principle? Money is being collected from people (taxes) or corporations (Medicaid rebates) for a collective good.

> were [not] written by the same people for the same purposes...there's no reason to be shocked that they are different in content and application

This argument is circular in nature. "Different laws are different, because they are different". Why are they different? Could it have anything to do with the fact that Mylan spent several million dollars lobbying various lawmakers? (https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00002776...)




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