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Yes, the government is not allowed to negotiate for lower prices under the Medicare drug plan. I suspicion the real rationale behind it was to appease the drug companies while still being able to get some sort of drug plan passed in order to say they had accomplished that. There are so many drug lobbyists in Washington that it would probably be almost impossible to get a bill like that passed without favoring the big companies. :-( ----- Original Message ----- From: "KF Etzold" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:30 AM Subject: US Government plan on drugs > 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