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Originally Posted by Robbie
That's why the govt. made a damn deal with the pharmaceutical companies before they even STARTED working on the "health care (insurance bonanza) reform"
Too much money at stake for the big pharmaceutical and insurance companies. People here in the USA pay more than anybody else. It's total bullshit.
And remember a few years ago before the internet? There was a big uproar in Washington DC because people were driving into Canada and buying their prescription drugs. I believe they tried to pass LAWS saying you couldn't do that!!!
It's just unreal. Seems like the govt. completely controls EVERYTHING we do!
I was listening to another tax cut debate on CNN the other day. And they kept saying over and over that the "tax cuts for millionaires" were the reason for our deficit.
And I couldn't help but think....Isn't it SPENDING that causes the fucking deficit? Not that the U.S. govt didn't tax people more so Nancy Pelosi could ride around in a private military jet the last 2 years.  |
yep, from what I understand ordering online and bringing the medicine in for yourself is still a grey area, but the customs people have said they are going to stop holding those kinds of things unless they are very suspicious (unknown how they know what is suspicious and what isn't).
Still, they should open the market and make it a real free market. Once a ton of shops open up that help people buy medicine from overseas outlets and small pharmacies start buying it from overseas distributors it would cause the big chains to put pressure on the manufactures to just lower the price.
But so long as the pharmaceutical and insurance companies have our elected leaders on the payroll that is never going to happen.