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Mon Sep-28-09 08:37 PM
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| 10. Good. If Obama won't protect our interests, uncorrupted members of Congress |
| -Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma |
kpete |
Sep-28-09 08:19 PM |
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Godspeed |
CreekDog |
Sep-28-09 08:20 PM |
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Byron lost his daughter last year. that sort of focuses your priorities. |
roguevalley |
Sep-28-09 10:55 PM |
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He's been a pretty good advocate for working folks. Still has weird hair. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Sep-28-09 08:22 PM |
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Suck on it, Baucus. Suck it hard. Suck it long. nt |
Selatius |
Sep-28-09 08:22 PM |
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I wonder will he pay my healthcare bill |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Sep-28-09 10:23 PM |
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Indeed. |
StreetKnowledge |
Sep-29-09 10:17 AM |
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These current/past deals with the pharmaceutical industry are ridiculous. |
RKP5637 |
Sep-28-09 08:27 PM |
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Doesn't Rumsfeld have a stake |
druidity33 |
Sep-28-09 08:59 PM |
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Yep, Rumsfeld has a stale in Tamiflu! |
RKP5637 |
Sep-28-09 09:08 PM |
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I still can't figure out why people bother to take that |
arikara |
Sep-29-09 01:03 PM |
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Thank God. The WH had no business doing this backroom deal. |
saracat |
Sep-28-09 08:27 PM |
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I really like Dorgan |
Andy823 |
Sep-28-09 08:28 PM |
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I like him too. He is one of only eight Dem Senators |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-28-09 11:42 PM |
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Go get 'em Dorgan! |
amandabeech |
Sep-28-09 08:32 PM |
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I expect to be flamed (at least for over-simplifying).... |
targetpractice |
Sep-28-09 08:37 PM |
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I don't fault you, but they do want a blank check |
Ruby the Liberal |
Sep-28-09 08:58 PM |
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Most of the R&D is focused on knock off copycats to circumvent patent laws |
Oregone |
Sep-28-09 09:21 PM |
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I didn't mean to imply that I an defending them, |
Ruby the Liberal |
Sep-28-09 09:43 PM |
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You are dead on, on the insurance industry, anyway. |
Enthusiast |
Sep-29-09 04:13 PM |
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Don't forget the "R&D" money that goes to set up fake scientific institutions to review their drugs |
DireStrike |
Sep-29-09 11:31 AM |
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The raw deal is, they usually don't pay for their own R&D. They get massive |
salguine |
Sep-28-09 10:56 PM |
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And they spend MASSIVE dollars on marketing. |
beac |
Sep-29-09 11:34 AM |
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To me what you said makes good sense... |
RKP5637 |
Sep-28-09 09:15 PM |
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bring products to market |
katkat |
Sep-29-09 12:20 PM |
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Quite True!!! Agree 1000+! |
RKP5637 |
Sep-29-09 12:39 PM |
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Oh really? A good deal of the truly inovative comes from small startups. |
TheMadMonk |
Sep-28-09 09:56 PM |
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True... |
targetpractice |
Sep-28-09 10:18 PM |
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I agree with you mostly |
ShadowLiberal |
Sep-28-09 10:05 PM |
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I flame what you say, not you. Take a look at what U.S. citizens pay for drugs compared to other |
peacetalksforall |
Sep-28-09 11:29 PM |
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Big Pharma Advertising |
afertal |
Sep-29-09 11:10 AM |
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no flame, but facts |
katkat |
Sep-29-09 12:18 PM |
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In the grand scheme of things |
Enthusiast |
Sep-29-09 04:06 PM |
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Yeah, Pharma is the lesser of the two evils |
Stumbler |
Sep-29-09 04:59 PM |
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Huge flaw in your argument |
sellitman |
Sep-29-09 06:52 PM |
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That's what a lot of people have been saying, and still people freaked out |
ProSense |
Sep-28-09 08:37 PM |
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Good. If Obama won't protect our interests, uncorrupted members of Congress |
Frank Booth |
Sep-28-09 08:37 PM |
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Good balance to Conrad, May God speed,,,, |
Ruby the Liberal |
Sep-28-09 08:52 PM |
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Damn, just damn! |
DeadEyeDyck |
Sep-28-09 09:07 PM |
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And yes! |
Kingofalldems |
Sep-28-09 09:18 PM |
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I hope his amendment is successful. |
GrantDem |
Sep-28-09 09:32 PM |
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This is good news--hope it happens! |
Catamount |
Sep-28-09 09:39 PM |
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••• Let Puerto Rico import it without us breaking the 'rules' - then we get it from them ••••• |
tomm2thumbs |
Sep-28-09 09:40 PM |
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interesting idea. |
Soylent Brice |
Sep-29-09 08:41 AM |
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Hooray For Dorgan! |
colsohlibgal |
Sep-28-09 10:13 PM |
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Okay, here's the way the ole Chess Master played this one. He made the deal with Big Pharma, |
bertman |
Sep-28-09 10:36 PM |
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Thank you Thank you Senator Dorgan..I have lived huge parts of 22years in Canada and I know first |
flyarm |
Sep-28-09 10:36 PM |
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why can't we do what WalMart does and negotiate prices down? |
WillYourVoteBCounted |
Sep-28-09 10:38 PM |
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I get severe migranes and I have bought Imitrex for years in Canada when |
flyarm |
Sep-28-09 11:10 PM |
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Good post,, thank you flyarm. |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-28-09 11:35 PM |
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i BELIEVE IT IS STILL LEGAL.but the deal Obama made with big Pharmacy would effectively make it |
flyarm |
Sep-29-09 12:04 AM |
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Thanks for the response |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-29-09 12:14 AM |
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sabrina 1 |
katkat |
Sep-29-09 12:30 PM |
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Thank you katkat, |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-29-09 02:23 PM |
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WOW!! Thanks for this info. |
BrklynLiberal |
Sep-29-09 06:50 PM |
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about time someone did something |
Historic NY |
Sep-28-09 10:51 PM |
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good deal!! |
chadmak09 |
Sep-28-09 11:10 PM |
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I love it!!! |
alfredo |
Sep-28-09 11:14 PM |
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OH GOD!!!!!!11 |
Quantess |
Sep-28-09 11:49 PM |
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Here is the bill and |
ProSense |
Sep-28-09 11:54 PM |
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well AMEN! that'll do it! YES!!!! |
Divine Discontent |
Sep-28-09 11:57 PM |
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Big Eddy likes Sen. Dorgan |
SlingBlade |
Sep-29-09 12:41 AM |
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as long as the pharma CEOs and the blue dogs are tied to the deal before they blow it up |
yurbud |
Sep-29-09 04:16 AM |
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I'm glad to hear this. |
Delphinus |
Sep-29-09 05:33 AM |
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Oh please let this happen and PASS! |
AllyCat |
Sep-29-09 09:08 AM |
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Baucus wants Americans to fight illness with both hands tied behind their backs. |
JBoy |
Sep-29-09 09:29 AM |
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Something changed today -- this and the repeal of retroactive immunity -- I can feel it. |
The Stranger |
Sep-29-09 09:36 AM |
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Thank you Byron! We got your back!!! |
grahamhgreen |
Sep-29-09 10:05 AM |
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Does anybody need prescription drugs? I'll deliver..... |
StreetKnowledge |
Sep-29-09 10:16 AM |
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Yeah? And just how "small" is this "small fee?" |
KansDem |
Sep-29-09 12:02 PM |
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I could use a hundred Percodans. |
bvar22 |
Sep-29-09 12:30 PM |
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What's the legality on something like that? |
Posteritatis |
Sep-29-09 05:13 PM |
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Why should US residents benefit from Canadian government policy? |
TrogL |
Sep-29-09 10:29 AM |
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It seems like a win-win to me |
Posteritatis |
Sep-29-09 05:10 PM |
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What happened to negotiating drug prices for All Medicare participants... |
slipslidingaway |
Sep-29-09 10:39 AM |
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Great blog from Michael Moore on Huffington too |
LatteLibertine |
Sep-29-09 11:37 AM |
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Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! nt |
valerief |
Sep-29-09 11:57 AM |
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Good |
mvd |
Sep-29-09 12:19 PM |
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Just so ya' know |
NJCher |
Sep-29-09 12:52 PM |
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It's probably too soon |
GinaMaria |
Sep-29-09 01:26 PM |
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let me know when dems plans to blow up Big Pharma |
KG |
Sep-29-09 01:45 PM |
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all the best with this Dorgan |
katty |
Sep-29-09 02:01 PM |
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I wish I were hopeful, but I think Baucus will shoot this down. |
No Elephants |
Sep-29-09 02:34 PM |
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When Dorgan and Feingold run, we might have our country back. |
omega minimo |
Sep-29-09 06:40 PM |
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I agree |
blockhead |
Sep-29-09 07:33 PM |
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I can picture it. It would be historic to have two such figures in the White House. |
omega minimo |
Sep-29-09 07:40 PM |
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Good for him!! More power to him and his ilk. |
BrklynLiberal |
Sep-29-09 06:48 PM |
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