You Want To Know Why HC Costs So Much?

[PoS]

[lnrw]

Profits are not protected from competition. Tell pfizer and crew to find a way to compete and quit whining that they can't keep up. Of course waxman jumps right on the stifle competition band wagon. Clinton's had the same idea. Wonder if there's any big pharm money in their campaign funds?

[TheRantinArkansan]

Not just regards to drug IP, but the entire healthcare system from licensing to insurance.

But yeah, if we could physically burn laws, IP laws would be one of the first on the pile.

[Indy]

Of course this is why, because like every other big industry, if you have enough money the U.S. gov't is there to represent you over its citizens.

If this idea wasn't crystal clear before this, you may recall during the Bush years that people figured out importing prescription drugs from Canada was way cheaper so of course Congress sprung into action to put a stop to that.

And the reasoning? Seriously, it was: safety issues. Right! Because importing drugs from a third-world hellhole like Canada is probably unsafe!

Of course the Obamacare program is nothing more but a transfer of wealth--again--from citizens to corporations, which in this country are insanely counted as... people. Why do you think there's nothing in it to ultimately control costs? When you offer a gov't program to insure everybody but with no caveats as to cost, that simply means you and I are STILL paying whatever the providers charge, either directly or with our tax dollars. Either way, the money comes out of our pockets and goes to them.

You may also recall that under Bush we got the heinous Medicare part D, where a law was passed in which the United States gov't was not allowed to negotiate prices of the drugs it provides for seniors. Just think about that for a second.

The best part is when all the tea party morons start up with how Obamacare is all about "socialism." NO, it's all about what our gov't has been about for more than a decade at least: corporate tyranny and domination of U.S. citizens, policy and the legal system.

[Professor]

Finally, it appears that some people have figured it out. That it's not hospitals, doctors or health insurance companies that are driving up costs. It's pharma and medical device manufacturers.

So glad that Obamacare (PPACA, if you prefer the actual name) cut at the heart of this problem and will deliver quality, affordable healthcare to the masses.

Wait, ummm...

[Indy]

Er, I'm not sure you don't want to include health insurance companies in there...

[Professor]

[Ben Huh]

[Indy]

I think we can all agree that pharma is the biggest racket of them all.

[eynon81]

Hey India, will you be cool and let thousands of your people die so our corps can make more money?


Are you trying to be the bad-guys now or what?