Gail - I agree wholeheartedly. The hilarious thing is, I received a $48 a month raise in my Social Security, but my Medicare went up $36, so I'll only see $6. Hardeharhar. Jo Ann On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:12:43 -0500 Gail Vass <[log in to unmask]> writes: > This is a tragedy what has happened really...drug company reps > come into doctors offices with samples, toys, pads, race cars, pens, > gifts, trips, gimmicks of all kinds to get docs to prescribe their > drugs. > > They profit off of what National Institutes of Health discovers > through > research, breakthroughs from the American Heart and Cancer > Associations, > March of Dimes and all other research that you and I donate to to > fine cures > for these horrible diseases > > They give parties ...run million dollar ads on TV and run glossy > full > page ads in all the fancy magazines. The pharmaceutical lobbyists > on Capital Hill pay to control votes and laws controlling them with > party > donations. > > Meanwhile our most vulnerable society our chronically ill, our > disabled, > our unemployed and uninsured, or seniors must decide daily between > food, clothing, utilities and buying medication to relieve pain and > suffering. > > One drug for a disabled American with Multiple Sclerosis is $1,100 a > month without which they will succumb to this horrible disease > earlier > than they would have. > > To qualify for total disability you have to be completely unable > to earn > a living. It takes two years on Social Security [which can be as > little > as $400 a month...and they call this "an award" ] before you quality > for > Medicare, which by the way has had NO drug benefit. The "NEW" > medicare > law is so embarrassingly PATHETIC that those in need still won't get > any > help but the Congress, Senate and White House are strutting around > like > they have done something GRAND ...believe me that have sacrificed > our > weakest...... they have sold out us all... they have outright > LIED. > > So I say GOD BLESS CANADA . God Bless those Internet Pharmacies... > they are booming because the pain and suffering in America is so > great. > > Gail Vass, R.N. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn