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Re: end of usa?
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:50:59 GMT, "Jonathan"
<Fire_Capt651@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Mike,
>
>I agree to a certain extent with what you say, but there is one thing that I
>have to put in my two cents about. The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
>is a sham and the government did it to themselves for no other reason than
>stupidity and greed. By law, Medicare is prevented from negotiating with
>the drug companies for bulk discount rates and must pay retail price for the
>medications. This is insanity. Ever since the Drug Benefit was enacted,
>the pharmaceutical companies raised the prices on the top 20 medications
>prescribed to seniors by as much as 3 times the previous amount, and by law
>Medicare must pay the price.
>
>Whatever drug company lobbiest got that provision put into the bill when it
>was being passed certainly earned his bonus that day. The Drug Benefit had
>the potential for producing possibly billions of dollars in savings but not
>for the stupidity and greed of our elected officials in DC. Now it's going
>to cost us more than it will ever save.
>
>Cheers - Jonathan[/color]
If what you say is true....
What have you done about it?
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