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To: Tadsamillionaire who started this subject	11/6/2003 10:44:43 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (3) of 10965

Governor Dean Announces Program To Reduce the Cost of Prescription Drugs deanforamerica.com Excerpt: " Plan would allow drug importation, close patent loopholes" COUNCIL BLUFFS--Speaking last night at a town meeting here, Democratic presidential candidate Governor Howard Dean, M.D., announced his plan to lower prescription drug costs in the United States. "Today U.S. citizens spend approximately $200 billion on prescription drugs, twice as much as just five years ago. Government programs and large healthcare providers negotiate deep discounts on prescription drug prices, and Canadian citizens pay far less for prescription drugs than U.S. citizens. Yet senior citizens and other Americans who have no health insurance coverage pay the highest prices for prescription drugs," Governor Dean said. He sharply criticized the Bush administration's lack of progress on prescription drug coverage, explaining that, as president, he would make prescription drugs affordable for all Americans by allowing the reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada, closing loopholes that allow drug companies to block cheaper generic drugs and using preferred drug lists to steer doctors toward lower cost equivalents drugs. He also called for limits on direct-to-consumer advertising of drugs and disclosure of pharmaceutical company gifts to doctors. "The Bush administration's policies have little to do with helping average Americans afford prescription drugs and everything to do with the drug industry's massive campaign contributions to the Republican Party," Governor Dean said. Dean's plan contains six major initiatives:" deanforamerica.com

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