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John H
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On 11 Feb 2005 09:38:52 -0800,
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The news won't sit well on Capitol Hill, where Democrats already viewed
the prescription drug program as a gift to big drug companies and
Republicans were already unhapppy about the cost.
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I've often wondered why *anybody* would vote for a bill that prohibited
(!) Medicaid from negotiating with drug companies for the lowest
possible drug prices.
That's a real gift to the drug companies, as well as a budget buster.
I can't disagree with that. The Army now is getting their hearing aids through
the Veteran's Administration. The Army is not allowed to negotiate with the
companies, but the VA is.
I don't know if the same is true of drugs, but it was kind of interesting. A
doctor at Walter Reed told me this last week.
John H
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes
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