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One thing I forgot in my previous answer to the original letter - finding the people with the knowledge and ability to make discoveries and hiring them. People of the caliber able to do the type of research necessary don't grow on trees. How many Dr. Salks are there out there? Bob Anibal ----- Original Message ----- From: Jenni Ayers +ADw-pjayers+AEA-IQUEST.NET+AD4- To: +ADw-PARKINSN+AEA-listserv.utoronto.ca+AD4- Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 12:29 AM Subject: Re: Government +ACEAIQAhACE- +AD4- Regardless of whether Tina is a fighter or a quitter, she does have a good +AD4- point. +AD4- +AD4- Unfortunately, her point about the government is reality-in oh so many +AD4- cases. I can see many different sides as health care professional and wife +AD4- of 49/47 PWP. +AD4- +AD4- In health care, we struggle with fighting costs while trying to stay focused +AD4- on patient care. Research sometimes takes a back seat, even financially, +AD4- especially when the congress or government can't or won't fork over support +AD4- and +ACQAJAAk-. Right now they're more concerned about getting people health +AD4- insurance, Medicaid stuff, and who's going to win the next Presidential +AD4- Election. +AD4- +AD4- Yes, drug companies love to make +ACQAJAAk-, and so do physicians and so do those +AD4- research companies+ACE- HOWEVER, until someone or something with even more +AD4- power and +ACQAJAAk- says 'LET'S RESEARCH THE HECK OUT OF THIS PD THING' and find +AD4- a cure, it's gonna stay just like it is today--unless we keep fighting and +AD4- praying and stop calling each other names... +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- Maybe Tina just can't be where some of us are, eh? Keep fighting, all. +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- -----Original Message----- +AD4- From: Michel Margosis +ADw-michelmarg+AEA-EROLS.COM+AD4- +AD4- To: PARKINSN+AEA-LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA +ADw-PARKINSN+AEA-LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA+AD4- +AD4- Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 10:51 PM +AD4- Subject: Re: Government +ACEAIQAhACE- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4-Tina wrote: +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4APg- You guys are real nice and upbeat, but I have to say my own opinion. I +AD4- +AD4APg- was dx in June with PD, and I am a fighter, so it doesn't bother me that +AD4- +AD4APg- much. I realize I will have to make adjustments down the road. +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- Have you really convinced yourself that you are a fighter. Well, +AD4- +AD4-inmy book you are a quitter according to what you said below. +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4APg- The way I see it though, the only thing government and research companies +AD4- +AD4APg- are +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4APg- going to do, is help us live with it. There will not be a cure because +AD4- +AD4APg- the drug companies are making too much money. I mean come on, all the +AD4- +AD4APg- technology we have today, and the last thing we came up with a cure for +AD4- +AD4APg- was Polio. I really think we can have a cure for everything by now, but +AD4- +AD4APg- why when you make all this money off drugs. Hope I didn't offend +AD4- +AD4APg- anyone, just wanted to get that off my chest. Hope everyone had a nice +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- Remember that many other sources of medical knowledge abounds +AD4- +AD4-outside of the greedy drug manufactureres, and we will carry the day+ACE- +AD4- +AD4-Michel +AD4- +AD4- +AD4-