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yes - you remember correctly. Congress passed a Medicare prescription drug bill that prohibits Medicare from negotiating for the best prices for drugs. Why? The big Pharma companies have one of the largest number of lobbyists in Washington and these companies are major contributors to both Republican and Democrat members of Congress. (from "The truth about the drug companies" by Dr. Maria Angell - a very interesting and enlightening book) Linda On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:30:00 -0400 KF Etzold <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Some time ago the law on drugs was passed. I am curious if anybody > remembers, but my recollection is that the government is NOT allowed > to > negotiate the prices of the drugs in the plan. > > Does anybody know if this is correct? > If it is correct, does anybody know what the rationale is? Certainly > in > this plan the government would have the leverage to push the prices > down. > > > K. F. Etzold cg Carline > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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