Gene C. Gerard: 'Prescription politics'

Gene C. Gerard, Dissident Voice

Two recent studies have shown that prescription drug prices rose
significantly during the first quarter of the year. AARP, an advocacy
organization for older Americans, found that the prices charged by
pharmaceutical companies for brand-name drugs increased by almost four
percent. A similar study by Families USA, a healthcare advocacy group, found
a nearly identical increase. Given the vast sums that the pharmaceutical
industry has spent lobbying against price controls, the dramatic increase in
the cost of drugs isn't surprising.

The AARP study determined that brand name drug prices increased at more than
four times the rate of inflation during the first three months of this year.
This was the largest quarterly price hike in six years. Older Americans take
an average of four prescription drugs a month; this increase means that the
cost of these prescriptions rose by almost $240 between the first quarter of
2005 and the first quarter of 2006. The study by Families USA confirmed the
AARP's findings.

3/4 votes in congress will change any law in the land. This is just a drug
company give away. I saw on TV there is 2 drug lobbyist with billion dollar
budgets each for each congressmen or woman in DC.

Want change, vote all incumbents out...

"Gandalf Grey" infectedmail.com> wrote in message
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Gandalf Grey quoted some news article:

They've been rising significantly FOR YEARS. That's because -
unlike deferrable purchase items like a car or a desktop computer -
patients often just cannot go without the prescription, especially if
it's for a chronic condition and especially if they'll die without it
(like insulin, heart drugs, etc.). For that reason, they've soared in
price just like other nondeferrable purchase items - gasoline (ever
since the late 1960s!), local property taxes, etc. - regardless of the
job market or overall economy.

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editor@netpath.net wrote:

Milk, on the other hand, was $2 and change in the 1980s, and guess what?
I just bought a gallon of milk for $2.33.