{"id":84,"date":"2003-07-18T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2003-07-18T20:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/drug_importation\/"},"modified":"2003-07-18T13:02:01","modified_gmt":"2003-07-18T20:02:01","slug":"drug_importation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/drug_importation\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Importation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it seems to be my week to be ticked! I’ve been listening to absurd ads on the radio warning us to call our representatives in Washington and tell them to vote NO on the drug importation bill.
\nWhat a load of horse hockey!
\nThe parmaceutical companies have made billions off American citizens and they are afraid their cash cow is going to be taken away. Well, it’s about time!
\nDo you realize that drug makers in the U.S. allow the exact same drugs they sell here to be sold for a fraction of the cost in other countries? Senior citizens who are on fixed budgets have had to take the step of purchasing their prescriptions in Canada or in Mexico for years. The drugs are sold for even less in other countries around the world.
\nThe ads tried to scare listeners by telling them the imported drugs wouldn’t be governed by the guidelines from the FDA, and that’s not so. If you’d like to read just what the House of Representatives intended, visit this post <\/a>by Congressman Larson of Connecticut.
\nI have a long way to go to reach retirement, but I’m really concerned that we won’t be able to meet the costs of insurance and prescriptions once we retire. My husband is presently on a prescription that costs more than $120 each month. Do the math. A couple of prescriptions could sink a budget really fast. Insurance isn’t any better. My mother has insurance in addition to Medicare that costs her more than $6000 now. Think what it will cost in 15 years!
\nThe race for the presidential election that’s two years off has already started. You can bet that the cost of drugs and insurance is going to be a hot issue in that race. A candidate that doesn’t have solutions isn’t going to get any support from the baby boomers. And you can be DAMN sure that they won’t get MY vote!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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