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To: tejek who wrote (304273)	9/25/2006 4:25:59 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578452

Ted, As for the pharm. companies that you are expressing so much concern over.....and I can only hope that someday you will express half that concern for the poor of this country.........it will mean their margins will get tighter and they will not be as profitable. I suppose they would have to get rid of their huge marketing budgets, and we would have to tolerate fewer prescription drug commercials on TV. That's always a good thing, IMO. So do you think that's enough of a reason for price controls? > There was a woman in Seattle whose health insurance refused to pay for a new cancer drug she needed for her treatment. The weekly dose cost several thousand dollars.........years from now, when it goes generic, the cost probably will be hundreds of dollars. As for the woman, she had no choice but to forego the treatment.....she died shortly thereafter. Think its an unusual case? Think again. It happens all the time. You brought up a case where a woman could have used the latest-n-greatest drug, but I can imagine hundreds more cases where the latest-n-greatest drug isn't necessary and is perhaps being overprescribed. IMO, that's a huge reason why health insurance costs are going up. More money is being wasted on drugs that are either unnecessary or could be replaced by a generic. The health insurance companies are trying to get a handle on this problem, but they're swimming against a tide of public opinion which is convinced that they always need the latest-n-greatest. And that's going to impact the patients who need it the most. > Why do you think we have trouble getting flu vaccine? Old news. Flu vaccine is plentiful now. Tenchusatsu