[rocksblues]

So do these same companies have the right to verify that the people requesting this benefit are legal American citizens?

[Bommer]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose a new plan Saturday requiring drug companies to give discounts to low-income residents within five years or face state sanctions

Ahhh the joys of being a Republican socialist.

[paul51]

Under the new proposal, drug companies would have five years to offer discounts to people who earn less than three times the federal poverty level

Which means everyone else will simply pay more.

[elli1]

Companies that do not cooperate could be cut out of the state's Medi-Cal program, which provides about $4 billion in drugs annually to poor and elderly people.

So the poor & elderly won't be getting their drugs...