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.)
Fri, Oct 10 2003
Meet Me At The Back Of The Blue Bus
When Jim Morrison penned those words for "The End", I wonder if he ever thought that someday people would be taking buses from the U.S. to Canada, to buy prescription drugs. I found a fairly good 3-part piece on The Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs, with Part 3 being especially provocative. I know that there are also people who go to Mexico to buy their prescriptions, because the cost is much lower there. The truth is that they wouldn't bother to be doing this if the drugs cost less in the United States (where most of these drugs are made in the first place). If the drug companies can afford to export drugs at a cost to them which is low enough for the other countries to sell the drugs (where prices are regulated) and still make a profit--and if that end cost to a consumer is still less than what consumers pay in the country where the drugs are made, there is something wrong. For answers, I have a feeling we won't need rocket science--probably just political science.
posted at: 08:31 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
When Jim Morrison penned those words for "The End", I wonder if he ever thought that someday people would be taking buses from the U.S. to Canada, to buy prescription drugs. I found a fairly good 3-part piece on The Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs, with Part 3 being especially provocative. I know that there are also people who go to Mexico to buy their prescriptions, because the cost is much lower there. The truth is that they wouldn't bother to be doing this if the drugs cost less in the United States (where most of these drugs are made in the first place). If the drug companies can afford to export drugs at a cost to them which is low enough for the other countries to sell the drugs (where prices are regulated) and still make a profit--and if that end cost to a consumer is still less than what consumers pay in the country where the drugs are made, there is something wrong. For answers, I have a feeling we won't need rocket science--probably just political science.
posted at: 08:31 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
