tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post116858493295611601..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: AARP Is RightRich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1168703978656438502007-01-13T09:59:00.000-06:002007-01-13T09:59:00.000-06:00The drug companies were able to insert a provision...The drug companies were able to insert a provision that forbids the federal government to buy drugs in bulk at a negotiated price. And by dividing the purchasing power among hundreds of insurance companies, each with far less clout than the government, they can reap higher prices for their products.<BR/><BR/>The insurance companies, meanwhile, got their piece of the action. They manage the drug Prof. Goldblatt Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11750218589175401938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1168699871042916642007-01-13T08:51:00.000-06:002007-01-13T08:51:00.000-06:00Isn't there some type of escape clause in the curr...Isn't there some type of escape clause in the current bill which benefits the pharmaceutical companies (so the Dems will receive campaign contributions from them).<BR/><BR/>Something about more expensive drugs staying on the formulary of meds the<BR/>govt will pay for even if they have not<BR/>been negotiated. <BR/><BR/>The Dems are really just as culpable as the Repubs for drug prices and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1168639024047539582007-01-12T15:57:00.000-06:002007-01-12T15:57:00.000-06:00THE GOP PLAN IS NOT is designed to be a service fo...THE GOP PLAN IS NOT is designed to be a service for the recipients, as a government run program would have been, but rather that it IS DESIGNED to profit pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies. <BR/><BR/>It's all about dollars and cents and "market forces" are acting to make it a failure and money loser for the bug businesses it was supposed to make profitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1168623474248946432007-01-12T11:37:00.000-06:002007-01-12T11:37:00.000-06:00So when AARP head Bill Novelli was writing the for...So when AARP head Bill Novelli was writing the forward to Newt Gingrich's book, or lending the name of the AARP to this GOP drug debacle, exactly which interest of the Democratic Party was he serving?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1168614052845953202007-01-12T09:00:00.000-06:002007-01-12T09:00:00.000-06:00The AARP is not a wing of the Democratic Party. Th...The AARP is <I>not</I> a wing of the Democratic Party. They are an interest group, PERIOD. It just so happens that the Democratic Party is frequently on the right side of seniors' issues, not the other way around. So are you going to make the argument that the Democratic Party is a wing of the AARP?Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739605792421798234noreply@blogger.com