Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Frank Reid
From : Finnigann
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 11:28 pm

-=> Frank Reid wrote to Finnigann <=-

 FR>   Re: Re: Um...no comment?
 FR>   By: Finnigann to Frank Reid on Sun Sep 18 2005 13:53:00

 > They could split the difference and act as purchasing agent and negotiate th
 > lowest prices they could. Why not use the mass buying power and get cost
 > cutting prices for people that must have them. Of course the rest of us
 > wouldn't mind lower drug costs either.
 >
 > Either the gov steps in and supports the people or they stand back and suppo
 > the drug companies.

 FR> Well, don't forget it's the government itself (FDA et al) that actually
 FR> *cause* many of the higher prices in the U.S. than overseas.  Are you
 FR> suggesting that the FDA suspend quality testing on U.S. drugs?  Or that
 FR> pharmaceutical firms be immune from litigation for poorly tested drugs?
 FR>  Both of those would result in immediate savings in prescription drug
 FR> costs.

No they wouldn't and no I'm not.

The prices are set by the companies. The actual costs involved are not a factor
in the high price. R&D is the big factor, or it was. But patients have been
extended to keep out compitition so there is no downward price controls. The
free market system has been thwarted.



    "We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology,
     in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."
                       - Carl Sagan



.... The BUCK stops here! So, now let's move over there. 'w'
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.46
 þ Synchronet þ Bits-N-Bytes BBS    Onehellofa BBS     bnb.dtdns.net

.