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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (658268)	11/6/2004 1:29:22 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The price of today's drugs contains the cost of tomorrow's drugs. Reform of the tort system and the drug approval process will lower the cost of drugs. Pillaging the producers will only eliminate tomorrow's drugs. The propaganda against the "big drug companies" sounds exactly like the propaganda of the failed Kerry campaign. The socialization of health care only COVERS UP the harsh reality: You PAY, or you DIE...

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (658268)	11/6/2004 3:24:57 AM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Respond to of 769670

"If everyone from the USA did it,..." Well, meanwhile, I'm saving a bundle of boodle. And I suspect that if enough of us import Rx's, drug R&D - and legal contingency reserves - would be apportioned better, redounding to the benefit of U.S. citizens. cato.org

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (658268)	11/6/2004 9:19:57 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

The States of Illinois and Wisconsin have defied the federal government, and opened a program for their own residents to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. They sent their own State inspectors to these countries and inspected and approved only certain suppliers --- who will be re-inspected for compliance to the program guidelines regularly. Currently, 45 different foreign suppliers are approved. Other EU members may be added to the program in the future. The program Web site is www.i-saverx.net (I believe that the relative ease with which these two States were able to certify certain suppliers gives the lie to the Fed's claim that they are holding back for 'safety reasons'... instead of the obvious fact that they are simply protecting the oligopolic profits of American manufacturers... instead of promoting free trade.)