28 Senators vote to maintain Big Pharma monopoly

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Dear Readers,

 

 

Rather than working to protect the interests of their constituents, 28 U.S.

senators are actively voting to maintain a Big Pharma monopoly in the United

States -- the country where consumers pay the highest prices in the world for

drugs. These 28 senators apparently do not believe in free trade or even free

market competition when it comes to medicines, but they do believe in protecting

the powerful corporations that give them money for reelection campaigns.

 

The issue at hand is the Dorgan amendment to S.1082 (the hotly-debated FDA

act). Dorgan proposed an amendment last week that would break Big

Pharma's monopoly and allow consumers, cities, states and businesses to price

shop for

medicines imported from Canada, Europe, Japan and other approved countries. But

28

senators opposed it, voting to defend the current Big Pharma monopoly where

some drugs are marked up more than 500,000% over the cost of their ingredients.

(That's not a typo.)

 

Our feature article today lists the names of these 28 senators who voted

against the " free trade " amendment along with the names of 9 who didn't vote at

all. Plus, you'll read comments explaining why this amendment is so dangerous to

the profiteering drug racket currently operated by Big Pharma and the FDA.

Click the headline below for the full story...

 

Health: 28 Senators vote to maintain Big Pharma monopoly over U.S. consumers;

Republicans oppose free trade for medicine

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On May 3rd, 2007, U.S. Senators voted on an amendment to the 2007

Prescription Drug User Fee bill that aims to reform the FDA and enhance drug

safety. This

amendment, known as the " Dorgan Amendment No. 990, " threatened to break Big

Pharma's monopoly over...

To your health and freedom,

- Mike Adams, the Health Ranger