Fda/Big Pharma

FYI.....Rather than working to protect the interests of their constituents, 28 U.S. senators are actively voting to maintain a Big Pharma monopoly in the United States -- the country where consumers pay the highest prices in the world for drugs. These 28 senators apparently do not believe in free trade or even free market competition when it comes to medicines, but they do believe in protecting the powerful corporations that give them money for reelection campaigns.   The issue at hand is the Dorgan amendment to S.1082 (the hotly-debated FDA act). Dorgan proposed an amendment last week that would break Big Pharma's monopoly and allow consumers, cities, states and businesses to price shop for medicines imported from Canada, Europe, Japan and other approved countries. But 28 senators opposed it, voting to defend the current Big Pharma monopoly where some drugs are marked up more than 500,000% over the cost of their ingredients. (That's not a typo.)   Our feature article today lists the names of these 28 senators who voted against the "free trade" amendment along with the names of 9 who didn't vote at all. Plus, you'll read comments explaining why this amendment is so dangerous to the profiteering drug racket currently operated by Big Pharma and the FDA. Click the headline below for the full story... http://www.newstarget.com/021831.html

Sounds good.

I think something needs to be done.  I see how American's are taken daily by drug companies.  We are American's, but not living in the U.S.  My son is in school in the States and takes Zyrtec for his allergies when they become bad.  In the States he has to go to the Dr. 70 dollars, and then the medicine cost around 100 dollars.  Where we live it cost roughly around 5 dollars, and it is over the counter.  This is for the same item. 

After viewing America from afar, and living in another country, we probably won't come back when we retire unless politics change.

Lynne