[lit-ideas] Re: A Possibly Very Good Idea
- From: jimkandjulieb@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:04:01 -0400
Speaking of pharma ......
I have a prescription for Zoloft that I've been on for about three years. I
get it filled at the closest pharmacy -- it's where I have everything filled
and they're about the cheapest out there. A month's worth of Zoloft runs @
$100. Last time I had it refilled I said to the pharmacist, when in the WORLD
is there going to be a generic form of this? He shrugged his shoulders, said
God only knows, they take a long time.
Two days ago I needed a refill and didn't have transportation so called a
pharmacy I do not usually use but which does free delivery. When I indicated
that I wanted the script transferred and they verified the medication and
dosage, the pharmacist said, do you want this in the generic? After getting up
off the floor, I said, yes, please. The month's worth cost me $34.00.
Now either the pharmacy I usually use is outright lying because they want to
make more money or entirely ignorant.
Julie.....just......sharing
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A Possibly Very Good Idea
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> From: Eric Yost "><eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: 8/19/2006 2:34:16 PM
> Subject: [THEORIA] A Possibly Very Good Idea
>
>
> These ships would be sent all over the world to treat
> diseases in less developed nations. The benefits would be:
>
> (1) good PR for the US,
The U.S. isn't interested in PR.
> (2) increased knowledge of tropical diseases that our
> immigration policies will eventually bring to the US,
The U.S. isn't interested in increased knowledge of tropical diseases that are
already here.
> (3) economies of scale in drug research for those diseases,
> and importantly,
Pharma doesn't do research and doesn't care about research for diseases. They
want to market blockbuster drugs in different packages to the widest audience
possible, which is to say, cholesterol lowering drugs, ED drugs, etc. Don't
need fancy research facilities for that.
> (4) the ability to respond to a bioterror attack in the
> United States.
>
The U.S. doesn't care about a bioterror attack. They reduced funding for the
CDC.
> At present, the CDC has admitted that it has no
> infrastructure to deal with bio- or radiological terrorism.
Exactly. The U.S. doesn't care about it except to the extent that it distracts
attention from policies and mismanagement.
> Having a fleet of hospital ships would allow the US to
> respond quickly to such attacks in US coastal cities.
>
So would properly managing, or not beginning, this war in Iraq lessen the
vulnerability to attack. It didn't happen.
> If there were a terrorist attack in Philadelphia, for
> example, our hospital ships could be quickly called upon to
> serve the area, thereby preventing the collapse of the
> healthcare system.
>
It's a nice fantasy.
> The obvious drawback is the cost, but there seem to be many
> pluses to this idea. Feedback? Tweaks?
>
The biggest drawback is that the U.S. doesn't care about things like this.
Realistically, it can never happen in the U.S. the way things stand today. We
may as well talk about what the world would have been like if Gore was elected,
or if Kennedy wasn't shot.
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