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Originally posted by Scipio
4. He'll work to make health care available to more Americans. This is good for business, as it frees them from the burden of insuring their employees. It's repugnant that drug company interests have convinced our elected officials that it's ok for them to charge greatly higher prices to people in the US than they do to people in other countries. It's repugnant that they've blocked to government from using its purchasing power to get lower prices for medicines, effectively wasting taxpayer money.
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While I agree that Bush's healthcare plans are way off, there are reasons that we pay more for prescription drugs than other countries.
While there is no doubt in my mind that drug companies make more than they should, that is what encourages them to develop new drugs and treatments. We are the largest customer so we foot the bill. The way they see it, if they sell to Canada for a smaller profit, it is such a small percent of their total sales that it doesn't affect them much at all. If we bust down on the drug prices and such, it may be we who pay the consequences.
/not pro-bush. i'd be pro saddam before i was pro bush!