09-03-2009, 11:25 AM
Quote:A one time set of prescription drugs should be no issue, though.Correct, especially if it is over-the-counter or a generic drug. Some drug prices are out of this world and, in the US, current agreements do not allow the federal government to negotiate a greater than 2% discount with the pharmaceutical companies
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And I will bring an extra pint -- B. Bragg
Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters. -- Grover Cleveland
When the laws are used to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society -- the farmers, mechanics, and laborers -- who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government -- Andrew Jackson
"Capitalism takes no prisoners and kills competition where it can." -- Vince Cable