Guest guest Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Thanks Lottie, I did send my e mail onto my representatives. Hope that it helps On Aug 20, 2009, at 2:31 AM, Lottie Duthu wrote: > After you read this article, it will shake you up and hopefully get > mad enough to click on the link to write you congressman from your > district and both senators. It is so easy to do, why wouldn't you > want to, would be my question. This article covers how much we pay > for drugs and why, it's a big rip off and who is responsible? Big > government and greedy pharma. > > http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/aug2009_The-Generic-Drug-Rip-Off_01.htm > > The author, Faloon says: > " If what I expose in this article does not motivate citizens to take > action, I don’t know what will. It is beyond my comprehension that > the common-sense free market solution I propose will be ignored by > the American citizenry. The reason for high-priced generics is not > because the active ingredients are expensive. On the contrary, > compared with complicated nutrient extracts, the ingredients in > drugs are usually synthetic chemicals that cost only pennies a day. > The culprit behind overpriced generic drugs is an archaic regulatory > environment that functions to protect pharmaceutical financial > interests, forcing consumers to pay artificially inflated prices for > their generic medications. " > > This is only a small part of the article. Read it its entirety and > decide for yourself who is responsible for the high costs of your > drugs. I didn't write it, but I invite your comments. > FYI, > Lottie Duthu > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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