Yes I realize it isn't socialized medicine. I know what socialized medicine is. I was trying to make a point that they do test new drugs on the poor.
Elizabeth Allen wrote: > > > > First of all....medicare and medicaid are "NOT socialized" medicine. > Socialized medicine is what England has....the government pays the > doctors, nurses and hospitals. The problem is that our government > delivers billions to companies that do research and development, once > they find a new drug the cost for it goes through the roof.....those > on medicare and medicaid get the generic version. The problem is the > Bush regime did away with the FDA and permitted the drug companies to > go hog wild...no one checked to see where the drugs were coming > from....china, india and other countries who have no regulations on > the ingredients that go into the medicine. I always ask my pharmacist > where the drug came from, most often I am told Canada....I trust > Canada who actually does have regulations and reviews of these > medications to assure they are safe. I personally have written on this > issue hundreds of times, as I helped work on the single payer bill in > our legislature. We were in contact with experts nationwide who are > not with the insurance company corporates, but want to do what is > right and just for the american people. I urge you to get > educated....go to PNHP.org....the fastest growing doctors, nurses in > the nation. These doctors all left the regressive, republican AMA > because they were lying to the people, delivering no real health > care...only supplying basic's and charging outrageous costs. Health > care is in hyperinflation as we speak. IN two years a family of four > will pay more than $14,000 a year for a family of four, and the cost > will go as high as a mortagage payment...its unsustainable. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Linda Ghaliyaa Richard <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2009 1:08:09 AM > *Subject:* Re: [bangla-vision] Yesterday's video made reference to the > fact that > > > > They test them on the poor - those on medicaid - like me. Only I > don't let them, but a lot of people do. My mother is with us on this > stuff, even though she's very conservative. She's also for socialized > health care (She's Austrian born and raised) so it's easy to talk to > her about this. Tonight we were watching tv and there was some drug > commercial. It makes me so angry that they peddle new drugs to people > - drugs that need an rx! Are doctors so dumb that some patient can go > and say 'hey I saw this on tv, can I have it?" She said yes - someone > is buying them, it's working! > > But I know for a fact that testing is done via medicaid. Because I've > had my medication changed a couple of times - and had to fight them. > They were saying they were no longer going to pay for my diovan so my > doc was going to have to prescribe this new one. Diovan worked well > for me and I was upset. I was forced to take some samples and try > them, sure enough they were not the same, so my doc had to get special > permission to prescribe my regular stuff - and have it paid for. > > That's how they do it. Grrrrr...... .... > > Lara Ancientwarrior67777 wrote: > >> Yesterday's video made reference to the fact that >> covert military medical experiments on American >> civilians are now illegal. >> >> Here's why the new law was enacted. >> >> Is the law being followed? >> >> Details: >> >> http://www.brassche cktv.com/ page/669. html >> <http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/669.html> >> >> >> >> / A person who wants to learn will always find a teacher./ >> // >> /Persian proverb/ >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Linda > *http://freedetainee s.org <http://freedetainees.org/> > "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, > and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd > here While these visions did appear..." > - William Shakespeare > * > > > > > -- Linda *http://freedetainees.org <http://freedetainees.org/> "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear..." - William Shakespeare * --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bangla-vision" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bangla-vision?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
