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Aceofwhat?3/28/2010 9:20:55 am PDT

re: #485 marjoriemoon

You’re really comparing a car to health insurance. Really? You won’t die without a car, btw.

What I’m disappointed in mostly is that the costs of meds have not been addressed. Or maybe they have in those 2000 pages, but I don’t know. I certainly hope so. It’s unconscionable for any medication to cost $3000 a month. Even $1000. To me, that’s one of the largest issues.

I agree. I’d have much rather started with the premise that other countries not be permitted to tell our big pharma what price they’ll pay, resulting in marked-up prices for Americans. Wouldn’t that have been a sensible beginning? Why do we let Canada tell our drug companies what they’re allowed to charge Canadians?