At 10:57 PM 10/20/2004 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote: >Think the shortage of flu vaccine is just bad luck?
Lately many liberals have suggested that the US government should use its buying power to try and drive down prescription drug prices and lower profits. I think that it is worth considering what consequences this same policy has wrought in the market for flu vaccines - the government buys most of the nation's vaccines, and many flu vaccine producers have since proceeded to get out of the flu vaccine business, which left (pardon the pun) all of our eggs in one basket. Its worth noting that the UK and their nationalized health care system is in the same boat that we are. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
