How Big Pharma Wins From Healthcare Reform

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and Confuses the issue and encourages more of the same.
A debate should be a tool for learning and improving. Lets do something Washington is having difficulty in doing, Lets work it out and send our thoughts to the white house.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Don D. Brock

Don D. Brock of AZ 12:55PM April 22, 2010

Always look for what the radical right wing neo-cons don't say. Somehow, right wing propagandists conveniently fail to mention the billions in pay, bonuses, perks, strip club visits, golfing vacations, & other junkets that don't come under the narrow definition of "profits". The insurance criminals that murder at least 40,000 people a year by denying them coverage & denying procedures to those who are covered (that's a 9/11 every month) are not hurting in the least. In fact, profits could be higher if so much were not spent bribing congress-criminals & embezzled by the corporate executive elites.

David the Gingerbreadman of TX 7:35PM October 26, 2009

Does anyone wonder why an anti-capitalist proposal such as Govt. run health care would benefit Capitalist industries? The answer is simply that the richest capatalist companies stand to make the most money w/ a government mandated system. Why else would they be for it. I have a small business and would really do extra well if the govt. said all people have to buy into my industry whether they want it or not, or whether they used my services or not.
So, once again it is greed of elite capitalists that are behind such a plan. Pres. Obama is just another bought and paid for politician. A Democrat who appears to oppose the evil greedy Corporations but in reality is their salesman.
We should be asking "How did our health care system get this way"? Were lobbyist and govt. officials, i.e. past legislation in anyway responsible for the present problem? Did they create the problem and now come forth to "fix it"?
Govt. cannot make the country a better place by levying the buying power of its subjects and or dole-ing out of the pubic treasury to the same. Govt. does little of anything out of the kindness of its heart. Any govt. health care system is (ideoliogically to benefit the people; in reality to benefit multi-billion dollar industries.
The screw continues to turn. Where is the Revolution? There is none. The masses are truely asses here.

B Haley of GA 7:33AM October 18, 2009

In reading the replies to this blog I saw a phrase that is no longer valid Because it is manipulated and so is no longer fair business practice “supply and demand” We turn off oil pumps, plow food under (which is good for the ground) and the government even pay farmers not to grow anything and the farmer ends up selling his farm to a developer who builds a lot of houses or another factory of some kind. Destroying yet more farm land that I understand will be needed in the future.
Today we are becoming independent from oil, Tomorrow we will become Dependant on others for our food, Make since?.
Unless America finds a way to get rid of greed, We will always be Dependant on others and will be walking the fence of freedom and what ever is on the other side of the fence.
Don D. Brock

Don D. Brock of AZ 12:43PM September 28, 2009

I do not want to run anybody out of business, They will just end up on the unemployment line and collect foods cards. But hopefully all the greedy (%&$#*&) Will get caught and put in prison.
And if there is any doctors and insurance companies left we should get all of the drug commercials off the air saving more money and hopefully Doctors start researching and doing there jobs again rather than do what the hospital or insurance companies want. Nowadays doctors are robots programed to please there employers monetary needs and are not working for the patient in fact nowadays we are not referred to as patients but customers. I have no doctor because I have been healthier without them and cannot take a chance on my health to ever see one again. But maybe I will give it a chance if we get a public option (maybe)
Don D. Brock

Don D. Brock of AZ 12:08PM September 28, 2009

At very minimum we want a private option if we cannot have single payer. These greedy corporations have been winning the last 40 years. Their CEO's have made millions over our dead bodies. I say they need to be put out of business the business of killing Americans for money. SINGLE PAYER Or PRIVATE OPTION?? Lawmakers take your choice its the only one I am offering.............

CHEOKEE FRED JESUS of GA 8:18PM September 27, 2009

All this plan does is make health care more espensive these companies will only pass the cost to us. It will cost them nothing and they will continue to run us in the ground. We want single payer which is said to run big isurance out of business that is what we want....

fred of GA 8:11PM September 27, 2009

One of the problems of the US system for approving drugs and buying drugs is that the approval system is far too expensive and the patent system extends the exclusive rights far too long. A more sensible system would be: 1) to let the FDA and NIH evaluate the chemical's potential impact on the health of the users of this drug and contribute funds to get the necessary studies done to establish safety and dosage options, thus requiring less cash outlay from big pharma for potentially paradigm changing drugs and 2) To, after a shorter period of exclusivity, have a committee evaluate the drug's importance in the US pharmacopeia and buy the exclusive rights for a single sum. As it is drugs which are very important to the health of users can cost 10 to 50 times what they will eventually cost when they become generic and people who need these drugs are extorted into paying unbelievable prices because of the greed of the drug manufactures. There is no incentive to find cheaper and better manufacturing practices until the patent runs out. Company's actually develop better drugs but do not release them until their patent runs out.

Robert Sindel, M.D. of MO 9:59PM September 26, 2009

How do people like Baucus get elected?
When will people get sick of this political nonsense and vow to make a change.
We need to take back this country from the corporations. Spread the word...vote out every incumbent!
If 10% of the population with participate in a vote-out-the-incumbent drive we could change everything. Campaign finance reform and term limits would go a long way toward fixing the problem but the corporations are the ones writing legislation so it will never happen.
We can change this country with our votes. Don't consider their political party affiliation. The Dems and the Repubs are one and the same "corporate" party. If we vote out every incumbent during the next election you can bet the rest of the worthless bunch will sit up and take notice.
Spread the word on every blog. The internet is the most powerful tool ever available to the common person if we'll just use it to get organized.

dhood of TX 8:09AM September 26, 2009

The right (Wrong) has DEATH WISHES. (1) It killed Hussein. (2) It killed too many innocent Iraqis to count (3) It kiled over 4,00 US troops (4) It killed SURPLUS left by Clinton (5) It worked hard to kill US
Treasury Department funds (Transferred to cronies,oil companies,etc. (6)it killed Rights to private Phone calls (7)It killed TRUST in US Government (8) It killed TRUST in Banking/financial insturitions (9) It killed Housing Market (10) It killed rights to FAIR Credit usage rates (11) it Killed insursers right to FAIR treatment by Insurance companies and (12) Now it attempts to Destroy this nation's most Honored,and highest Official Office and (13) Finally,It is trying to KILL MORE Americans,by denials of Adequate HEALTH CARE.
The so-called "Right" is Wrong to try to usurp legitimate Goverernance by DULY ELECTED Officials. The name for that is TREASON.
Question: WHY? Are they Osama bin Ladens FRIENDS? If not,then WHY have they adoped Osama bin Ladens goal?

JWimbley of CA 4:20PM September 25, 2009