Comments on: The Right to Try, 3D Printing, the Costs of Technological Control & the Future of the FDA https://techliberation.com/2015/08/10/the-right-to-try-3d-printing-the-costs-of-technological-control-the-future-of-the-fda/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: "oppna binance-konto https://techliberation.com/2015/08/10/the-right-to-try-3d-printing-the-costs-of-technological-control-the-future-of-the-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-141071 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:00:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=75660#comment-141071 Can you be more specific about the content of your article? After reading it, I still have some doubts. Hope you can help me.

]]> By: binance https://techliberation.com/2015/08/10/the-right-to-try-3d-printing-the-costs-of-technological-control-the-future-of-the-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-133930 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:12:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=75660#comment-133930 Your point of view caught my eye and was very interesting. Thanks. I have a question for you.

]]> By: Adam Marcus https://techliberation.com/2015/08/10/the-right-to-try-3d-printing-the-costs-of-technological-control-the-future-of-the-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-125067 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:47:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=75660#comment-125067 Thanks for the shout-out Adam. I suspect the insurance industry is also closely following the “right to try” movement.

For example, what happens if someone is unhappy with the prosthetic provided by their insurance company, 3D prints a replacement, and then that replacement leads to further injury? Should their health insurance pay for the increased medical expenses that result from what could be considered a self-inflicted injury?

Health insurance contracts sometimes explicitly exclude coverage for injuries sustained while participating in extreme sports like skydiving and there is already supplemental insurance available for these extreme sport athletes. But as actuaries get better at calculating the costs of different treatment options (both sanctioned and unsanctioned), the question of whether health insurance will cover certain costs may move from a binary question (you’re covered or you’re not) to a question of degree, just as states have shifted from absolute liability to comparative negligence in tort law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_negligence).

I don’t have answers to any of these questions, but I completely agree that individuals should be free to experiment.

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