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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (7312)	11/17/2005 2:48:18 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12246

I doubt the drug costs $1 million a year in "marginal production cost", though it is priced at that at retail. It is probably like most drugs and in fact costs something like $2,000 a year to produce. If the government didn't tax all the people and companies involved in producing the drug, it would a fifth of the marginal cost of production. If she stops taking the drug, she will not save "society" $1 million a year. She will save society $400 a year. Maybe my figures aren't accurate, but you get the idea. Mqurice