Obama Talks to the Women of America? Wou

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Obama Talks to the Women of America? Wou
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Sun, 06-08-2008 - 1:56pm

Obama Talks to the Women of America? Wouldn't That Be Nice


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Registered: 08-30-2004
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 12:12pm

But they were all things that Obama has actually already said, so I still don't get the "wouldn't it be nice" comment.

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Registered: 07-25-2006
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 11:51pm

No ted no more questions,


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Registered: 04-10-2008
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 12:33am

No ted no more questions,

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Registered: 07-25-2006
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 10:24am

<>My husband is Ted and he is


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Registered: 04-10-2008
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 10:37am

I'm a Republican and don't agree with either of these statments. Oh well so much for generalizations.


You're a very liberal Republican then.

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 11:42am

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No they didn't ;)


Pharmaceutical companies spend more on marketing than research: According to ScienceDaily, a "new study by two York University researchers estimates the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on promotion as it does on research and development." Despite pharmaceutical companies' claims that Americans pay such high prices for prescription medications because they're really paying for research and development costs, the industry spent $33.5 billion on promotion costs in 2004. The study also "supports the position that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry is marketing-driven and challenges the perception of a research-driven, life-saving, pharmaceutical industry" that values the lives of its patients, rather than their spending habits.


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Americans pay more for prescription meds than anyone else in the world: The Media Matters website analyzes a 60 Minutes interview between correspondent Bob Simon and then Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona. During the segment, Carmona maintains that Americans pay more for brand name prescriptions than anyone else in the world because of the hefty price associated with "the research and development of drugs." See point number 3 on this list, which points out that drug companies pay more on advertising and marketing than they do on research and development.


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Registered: 09-08-2006
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 11:53am

Hey Janet how's the temp in the Carolina's?

 

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Registered: 07-25-2006
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 3:09pm

I'm not liberal at all, I consider myself to be very conservative. I just don't believe in bigger government and


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Registered: 01-02-2008
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 5:01pm

Having done drug billing for pain management doctors, I can tell you....the Pharmaceutical Companies ARE draining us. It is INSANE the markup/profit margin.

Just to give you an idea....my dad (who owned the billing company) was given a bonus from the doctors for taking on the drug billing. The bonus was what got him 3 separate time shares at exclusive beach resorts in Cabo San Lucas. AND he gave each of us employees a bonus too.

That's a hell of a lot of money for some ambien, vicoden and percocet.

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Registered: 01-02-2008
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 5:02pm

"and I think some ARE in the tank for Certain meds!"

Yes. Some are.

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