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A way to stop drug-price gouging
Wednesday 08 October @ 12:39:23 |
 by Jim Hightower
Fear not, citizens, for John Ashcroft, your ever vigilant attorney general, is standing on guard — and he has just taken bold action to prevent a dastardly foreign threat from penetrating our nation’s borders!
The threat he thwarted came not from some deadly al Qaeda terrorists, but — get this — from an enterprising U.S. company that gives consumers here a way to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
Yes...Ashcroft is putting your tax dollars to work and using the police powers of your federal government to prevent you from paying less for your prescription medicines. Is this a great administration, or what?
Ashcroft has issued a “Code Red Alert” against Rx Depot, a retail firm operating in 26 states. You can go into these stores and order your prescriptions online direct from Canada, getting the exact same medicines at half the price you pay in the U.S. The prices are so much cheaper because Canada—like very other industrialized country except ours—does not allow monopolistic drug-makers to gouge their customers.
The drug companies, however, have been demanding that BushCo crack down on these storefront businesses, so Ashcroft is simply doing their bidding. Of course, the Bushites assert that they’re really “protecting” us. Mark McClellan, the drug industry lapdog hand-picked by Bush to head the FDA, said with a straight face that “unapproved drugs entering the United States through illegal channels pose a significant threat to the safety and security of the prescription drug supply.”
What a crock! These are the same drugs made and sold here — only they cost half as much. Instead of whoring for the drug profiteers, Ashcroft, McClellan and Bush need to side with consumers. A Republican house member, Gil Gutknecht, is sponsoring a bill specifically to authorize these Canadian prescriptions. To back his bill, call his office at: 202-225-2472.
Jim Hightower is the best-selling author of “Thieves In High Places: They’ve Stolen Our Country And It’s Time To Take It Back,” on sale now from Viking Press. For more information, visit http://www.jimhightower.com.
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