July 26, 2007 8:08AM 

# Federal Biomedical Research 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Per [Arnold Kling](http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2007/07/medical_paradig.html)…

Being a libertarian, I want to reprogram $3 billion in federal biomedical research to its original owners.

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