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To: Alighieri who wrote (505443)	8/17/2009 10:08:26 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1578334

I wonder how much they spend on those suggestive Cialis and Viagra commercials running so frequently these days. I don't know but without the drug companies network and cable would be hurting for ad revenue. I would be surprised if they were not the number one advertisers.

To: Alighieri who wrote (505443)	8/17/2009 10:46:16 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578334

I’m just wondering why the nation continues incurring enormous debt to pay for bypass surgery and titanium-knee replacements for octogenarians and nonagenarians This is such a bogus argument. Knee replacements in people over 80 comprise a tiny cost to our system. All 500K knee replacements (at all ages) combined cost us $11 Billion (average age is 74), and a significant portion of that spent on elderly patients is recouped through reduced costs of care for people who can continue walking unassisted and live independently or in assisted living facilities rather than nursing homes. More importantly, the quality of life improvements amongst those who receive the surgery are huge. This is the kind of irrational analysis you're getting from people and it is one of the reasons that health care reform isn't happening. The lies and misinformation are everywhere. Because Obama tried to take over our health care system instead of just fixing it, we end up with no improvement, whatsoever, to the system -- only new regulations that further tie the hands of future Republican administrations who would seek to make the system better.