Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Sun, Aug 03 2003
Your Money Or Your Life--Drug Companies And Politicians Want Both
Pharmaceutical companies in the United States manufacture drugs, ship some of them overseas (where people pay less), and keep some of them in the U.S. (where you and I pay more). At least one drug company, Eli Lilly, defends its actions this way.
Some Americans are fighting back in any way they can. Some head to Canada by the busload.
There's a lot of talk about how allowing people to buy drugs from other countries would not be safe, and that particularly our seniors would suffer. I'm tired of government employees (who work for U.S. citizens and are paid with tax dollars) assuming that all old people are stupid and cannot make informed, educated excuses. Some of the smartest, wisest people I know are over the age of 60.
Why should seniors (or anyone else) be forced to beg for help via programs such as Medicare because our Food and Drug Administration and our elected officials cater to the drug companies? I keep hearing that some seniors have been forced to choose between buying their prescription drugs and buying their food. Maybe we should call the FDA the Food OR Drug Administration.
I get ads everyday from companies such as this one. Remember--the government works for us and belongs to us--not the other way around. They can't put everybody in jail. Stay informed, and make your own choices about your life and your health.
posted at: 21:38 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
Pharmaceutical companies in the United States manufacture drugs, ship some of them overseas (where people pay less), and keep some of them in the U.S. (where you and I pay more). At least one drug company, Eli Lilly, defends its actions this way.
Some Americans are fighting back in any way they can. Some head to Canada by the busload.
There's a lot of talk about how allowing people to buy drugs from other countries would not be safe, and that particularly our seniors would suffer. I'm tired of government employees (who work for U.S. citizens and are paid with tax dollars) assuming that all old people are stupid and cannot make informed, educated excuses. Some of the smartest, wisest people I know are over the age of 60.
Why should seniors (or anyone else) be forced to beg for help via programs such as Medicare because our Food and Drug Administration and our elected officials cater to the drug companies? I keep hearing that some seniors have been forced to choose between buying their prescription drugs and buying their food. Maybe we should call the FDA the Food OR Drug Administration.
I get ads everyday from companies such as this one. Remember--the government works for us and belongs to us--not the other way around. They can't put everybody in jail. Stay informed, and make your own choices about your life and your health.
posted at: 21:38 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
