[lit-ideas] Re: vicious budget cuts

  • From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:28:22 -0500

John: Here it is assumed that big pharma and HMOs which contribute to the president's party must enjoy increased profits.

Eric: If I assumed that it was only because big pharmas control politicians of both parties.

Again, Brazil comes up as an example for the way they treated their AIDS medicines. They told the pharm company "we will pay x for your drugs or we will make them ourselves and you will get nothing." Big uproar but the pharmas caved, and Brazil distributes the medicines free to all who need them.

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