Our government knows what we want, but the drug manufacturers lobbyists get
the fir$t and la$t word$ on the subject.
People here in the U.S., of course, WANT to be able to buy drugs from
Canada. Prices are much lower (500r more) (the manufacturers say they
give Canada big discounts so they won't lose there business to other
manuf. ) but now Congress is working hard to make it illegal for seniors,
and people without health insurance etc. to save money. So, are they just
gouging Americans by their price policies here, or are they dumping in
foriegn countries to force out competition?
The government telling me I can't buy from Canada.......makes me want to
spit!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:33 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] pills, was Olympus America and feedback
> We don't believe in letting the pharmaceutical companies walk all over us.
> They deserve a good rate of return, but not extortionate. So we have the
> generic manufacturers, and adjust the length of patent protection to the
> companies' behaviour. It doesn't work perfectly, but it helps a lot.
>
> We're actually not all that keen on having our prices pushed up by extra
> demand from down south. If they're getting exported up here, then back
down
> there, we'd get almost nothing out of it except truck fumes. I hope this
is
> just some arm-twisting to get them to behave in the US as well. Let your
> government know what you want.
>
> Andrew
>
> > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:58:39 -0500
> > From: Gregg Iverson <golftooter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Government decisions --- In the USA right now Congress is working on a
> > bill to allow us to get our medications from another country -often
Canada
> > - - legally for about 1/2 of what we can here. Who sold them the pills
> > anyway? American companies. So, we send our money out of the country
> > faster than Canada sends it in. I have nothing against Canada - I even
> > like the place and the people, but why send jobs out of a country when
> > people are screaming for new jobs?
>
>
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