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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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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