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To: John Carragher who wrote (12986)	10/19/2003 8:13:23 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793672

This is such a complicated issue, which is made worse by politics. The cheapest way to provide drugs and other medical care would be for each to pay for his own out of pocke--perhaps supplemented by catastrophic insurance coverage. Anything else is going to raise prices. Then we have to figure out how to mitigate the problems of high prices since we can't politically do what it would take to solve the problems. Now we're trying to mitigate the problems by compromising safety, the last thing we would want to do, seems to me.

To: John Carragher who wrote (12986)	10/19/2003 8:22:25 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793672

If Bush came out with an acceptable drug program for elderly and poor it would be a big chip in his pocket for next years election. It's impossible, John. I really don't want to go into this with a man who has a wife with the Drug expense that yours has. My "ex" was running over a $1000 a month for drugs for her depression. We handled it with the Teacher's Insurance she has. Now that she is facing going on Medi-care next year and losing her Drug Insurance, she has changed her regime and is down to about $100 a month. The Insurance allowed her to try everything. You mentioned price control. We both know what that leads to. Shortages. You can't force people to deliver something they don't want to. Our Drug Industry has delivered a magnificent gift to the world with the drugs it has invented, tested, and sold. All the other countries combined haven't matched it. They are an easy whipping boy. I am convinced that the Politicians will do what people want, and it will end up destroying the Industry.