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[at-l] Reacting to Ignorance
- Subject: [at-l] Reacting to Ignorance
- From: dachsnj@hotmail.com (Trail Dude)
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 01:22:22 -0000
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Amber,
You work for the insurance industry and you are going to tell me how evil the pharma industry is? Too funny!
Dachs
>From: Ambler2000@aol.com
>To: halflifelost6@hotmail.com, bullard@northnet.org, rms2aas@earthlink.net, at-l@backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Reacting to Ignorance
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:10:37 EDT
>
>In a message dated 4/19/2001 12:04:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>halflifelost6@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > OK this rattled me a bit. Really getting tired of the "evil" drug companies
> > bullcrap. They are publicly held companys that are in the business of
> > enhancing human lives. They are however businesses with responsibilities
> > to
> > human stockholders, AKA American Citizens with retirement plans etc.
> >
> > If anyone REALLY wants to debate this I will be back Sunday night.
> >
>
>Drug companies are really the evil empire that everyone thinks they are. I
>have been in the insurance business and have worked in medical centers. My
>experience tells me:
>
>1. Doctors get kickbacks from pharm. salesman who want them to push their
>more expensive products, all kinds of kickbacks. At one job interview I had
>recently, I was told that one of the benefits was a free hot lunch. Drug
>salesman fed them everyday.
>
>2. The commercials they run on TV are designed to push drug products that
>cost sometimes 100's of dollars more than the generic brand.
>
>3. Their markup on life maintaining drugs is unbelievable. If you have to
>have it, then your guarenteed to pay top dollar. The price of these drugs
>moves people to Medicaid so fast. People who work hard all their life and
>are busted in a month or two, even with insurance.
>
>I am sure I could think of some more....
>
> Cheryl
>
>
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