Will a new White House administration take on Big Pharmaceutical and Health Insurance Companies?
These corporations make huge profits at the expense of millions of insured and uninsured.
Have our Presidential runners said ANYTHING about cracking down on them.
Bob b: What?!
Thanks for including links to health insurance quotes, but this was not what I was asking. Fortunately, I have health insurance.
I am concerned about the excess wealth that these corporations are making. I work in a pharmacy and see people who are spending their life’s savings and/or going broke by paying on outrageous drug prices and insurance copays.
vtsztpu posted: 11 May at 4:35 pm
Yes, and shut the whole industry down. If they can’t make a profit here in America they will all go overseas.
cajonestx posted: 11 May at 5:03 pm
If the current administration gets an extension (McCain wins) that is highly unlikely. Big Oil got favors, Pharma would likely follow suit.
Sex, drugs, gifts uncovered in government oil probe – CNN.com
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/oiil.scandal/index.html
DOUBLE J 54 posted: 11 May at 5:44 pm
Democrats YES
Republicans NO
max’s mom posted: 11 May at 6:38 pm
If Obama gets elected, he will allow companies and states to get discount drugs for their members and citizens (like they do in Canada where people can afford their medicines and still have enough left over to eat).
If McCain gets elected, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. If McCain gets elected, look for pharmaceutical companies to make out like bandits.
pstottmfc posted: 11 May at 7:10 pm
I really doubt that either party has it in mind to pay more than lip service to controlling pharmaceutical companies. There is too much money paid into the coffers of both major parties’ campaign funds for the government to turn against Big Pharma.
Heck, even the FDA is in their pocket, quickly approving drugs on rudimentary (and often biased) studies, with little or no concern for long-term side effects. How many drugs have had to be recalled in the last couple of years because they were killing people? Yet the process of drug approval has not changed much.
Wherever there is a lot of money being made, and the politicos are able to skim some off the top, you will find little desire to change.
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n0spam4me posted: 11 May at 8:33 pm
If either McCain or Obama get “elected”
the answer is NO,
No real changes … business as usual.
oh well….
Dr.John L posted: 11 May at 8:47 pm
If McCain wins no , if Obama wins to a moderate degree. Obama plans to provide universal coverage including medication to children, initially. He would eliminate the dough nut hole in Medicare Plan D, that would mean that a person would not have to spend a total of $5,100 ot of pocket, before receiving catastrophic coverage with a 5% co payment for medication. People would be able to import medications from other countries and across state lines. This not allowed at present..The Federal Government would be able to negotiate for the whole Medicaid/Medicare complex to receive bulk discounts as does the A. Bush and McCain oppose it obviously to ingratiate themselves with big Pharma. These Obama proposals although an improvement are too week to solve the problem. The only reforms that McCain would allow is to permit people to buy insurance across State lines. Also to receive a $5,000 a year, to help pay medical and pharmacy coverage. But this would be taxed and would be of no use to low income persons. Therefore McCain would maintain the status quo. Clearly Obama’s program s more progressive, and a bit of a challenge to Big Pharma and the insurance companies