60 minutes now, Repukes took 1.5 mill from Drug companies

re Medicare. Whoo hoo!

Isn't Michael Moore planning a documentary on the drug industry?

Thanks for the heads up.

a surprise? Smirk's new Medicare bill doesn't benefit senior citizens at all, no matter HOW MUCH spin the AARP puts on it! Hell, the AARP BACKED THE BILL 100% They're not a senior citizen support group any more-they're a big-time INSURANCE co. If you're a senior citizen, show the AARP what you think of them-resign immediately and ask for a pro rating of your unused subscription!

These folks are awesome:

http://www.ncpssm.org/ -the national committee to preserve social security and medicare, I have heard Barbara Kennelly, the president, speak on C-span and she is a goddess of goodness.

writing a few obscenities. :bounce:

Made me feel soooo gooood. :evilgrin: I do that with credit card b.s. too.

head of AARP President Bill Novelli wrote the preface to Newt Gingrich's book on healthcare.
Novelli writes: "Newt's ideas are influencing how we at AARP are thinking about our national role in health promotion and disease prevention and in our advocating for system change."

AARP=Sold Seniors down the river and future generations down the river with that piece of crap Republican Controlled House of Reps. kept the floor open for 3 hours and 15 mins. (the longest vote ever before that was open for I believe 19 mins.) so they could twist arms to get that piece of worthless crap bill passed giving our tax dollars to the insurance and drug industry!!
Socialism for insurance and drug companies and capitalism for the rest of us.:grr:


Newt Gingrich the twit that said he "Wanted Medicare to wither on the vine."

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Since 1999, the drug industry has given more than 45 million dollars in political contributions, and it's spent hundreds of millions more on an army of more than 600 lobbyists to work its will on Capitol Hill.

Congressman Burton says the new Medicare act makes it clear the industry got its money's worth. He says billions of dollars are in it for drug companies in this new Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.

“In the new Medicare Act, the federal government is specifically prohibited from negotiating prices with drug companies,” says Safer.

“That is unconscionable. The government of the United States negotiates prices in the Defense Department, in every area of government,” says Burton. “And here we are, going to spend billions and billions and billions and probably trillions of dollars on pharmaceutical products. And we cannot negotiate the prices with the pharmaceutical industry. That's just not right.”
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In December, surrounded by members of Congress, President Bush signed the new Medicare act. Since 1999, these legislators have accepted more than a million and a half dollars in campaign contributions from people working in the pharmaceutical industry. President Bush alone has received more than half a million dollars.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/12/60minutes/main605700.shtml

Now I can really have a good argument with my republican brother-in-law next time I see him. We only get together a few times a year and he always starts with 'drugs are expensive because of R&D blah, blah, blah.

From here I'll do some more research.

expenses." The accountants tell them how much. And...we all know about Corporate Accountants today...hmmmmm.. "Get away with as much as you can...because they probably won't catch you..and if they do, we will give you a great lawyer and stretch it out so you and your wife or chickie can take lots of nice vactions while you wait the years for your trial." ala Enron/Global Crossing/Price Waterhouse/Earnst & Young and the others...

Drug companies are raping Americans for fucking BILLIONS and it only takes a few paltry millions to bribe these criminals.

Congressman and Senators. We NEED federally funded elections. Then turn over all the real estate occupied by lobbyists in D.C. to middle income and low income families.

this....

http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/bought_and_paid_for/
>>Prescription for Profits

Pharmaceutical companies and their executives have spent half a billion dollars since 1999 on lobbying, campaign contributions and industry front groups in an all-out effort to prevent a Medicare prescription drug benefit that would give government the power to negotiate lower prices. Decrying “price controls” and clamoring for a “market-based” solution, the nation’s drug-makers—already the most profitable industry in the country—have made it clear they won’t tolerate any threat to their bottom line.<<

I'm going to try to buy them from Canada.

ONLY 1.5 million, and it gained them BILLIONS.

happy 60 Minutes still can report this stuff. I hope people besides those of us who still watch see this considering the Olympics distraction

In one year, Evan Bayh (remember him? he was oh, what, 217 on Kerry's list of possible Veeps?) took in almost $500,000 in contributions from the Pharmaceutical Industry.

The ONLY industrialized nation in the world w/o price controls on medicine......

McClellan said they don't have the "authority" to check drugs made over-seas...

Excuse me, but I was on a Diabetes med last year that was made by an Eli Lilly "partner" in Japan.

Does my government mean to tell me that I was in danger because the FDA had no "authority" over that drug? What a bald-faced lie. Every company has plants overseas.

My glucometer was made in Germany. My Sphygmanometer was made in China. Are they dangerous junk, too?