Psst, John, I cross the border frequently. Whatcha want me to get ya?
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On 11/13/2003 at 1:17 PM John Hermanson wrote:
>Our government knows what we want, but the drug manufacturers lobbyists
>get
>the fir$t and la$t word$ on the subject.
>People here in the U.S., of course, WANT to be able to buy drugs from
>Canada. Prices are much lower (500r more) (the manufacturers say they
>give Canada big discounts so they won't lose there business to other
>manuf. ) but now Congress is working hard to make it illegal for seniors,
>and people without health insurance etc. to save money. So, are they just
>gouging Americans by their price policies here, or are they dumping in
>foriegn countries to force out competition?
>The government telling me I can't buy from Canada.......makes me want to
>spit!
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:33 AM
>Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] pills, was Olympus America and feedback
>
>
>> We don't believe in letting the pharmaceutical companies walk all over
>us.
>> They deserve a good rate of return, but not extortionate. So we have the
>> generic manufacturers, and adjust the length of patent protection to the
>> companies' behaviour. It doesn't work perfectly, but it helps a lot.
>>
>> We're actually not all that keen on having our prices pushed up by extra
>> demand from down south. If they're getting exported up here, then back
>down
>> there, we'd get almost nothing out of it except truck fumes. I hope this
>is
>> just some arm-twisting to get them to behave in the US as well. Let your
>> government know what you want.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:58:39 -0500
>> > From: Gregg Iverson <golftooter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Government decisions --- In the USA right now Congress is working on
>a
>> > bill to allow us to get our medications from another country -often
>Canada
>> > - - legally for about 1/2 of what we can here. Who sold them the pills
>> > anyway? American companies. So, we send our money out of the country
>> > faster than Canada sends it in. I have nothing against Canada - I even
>> > like the place and the people, but why send jobs out of a country when
>> > people are screaming for new jobs?
>>
>>
>
>
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