How does any of this bantering disporve my statement that the United States is doing the overwhelming majority of the medical research in the world?
The United States is responsible for 4x as much medical research as the United Kingdom is. How can you in any way misunderstand this to mean something other than "The United States does more Research than anybody else. This is common knowledge".
No, and I think you're retreating from your argument because you can't defend it.
You asked: "Who do you think pays for medical research and why?"
It appears everyone, including the US, pays for medical research via taxation and government directed research and this dwarfs private investment on a global scale (absolute or per capita), even in the only first world nation to avoid socialized medicine (i.e. the US).
You didn't challenge this interpretation when the other poster said:
"Even in the US, the largest research funder is in fact the US government, just like every other country."
Yet, you suddenly suggest that you meant:
"The US pays for a lot of medical research because it is a populous first world country" which is true but utterly facile.
Why don't you answer your own question? Who pays and why? Maybe then we'll be able to figure what you're actually trying to say and how it relates to the topic being discussed.
The United States is responsible for 4x as much medical research as the United Kingdom is. How can you in any way misunderstand this to mean something other than "The United States does more Research than anybody else. This is common knowledge".
Are you illiterate?