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Obama announces ($80B) agreement with drug companies
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Posted on 06/22/2009 11:14:48 AM PDT by wk4bush2004
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I wouldn't be surprised if the pharmaceutical companies were intimidated into doing this.
To: wk4bush2004
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the pharmaceutical companies were intimidated into doing this.”
And I am sure there will be no increases passed to the taxpayer...
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:17:08 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
(July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
To: wk4bush2004
I don’t get how you spend money to reduce costs. If spending the money produced a greater cost savings than your initial layout, wouldn’t you do it anyway?
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:17:20 AM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: wk4bush2004
Just what I was thinking...we will know in a couple of days what threats were offered by prez Zer0.
I would bet the farm that a swarm of sleazy lawyers was involved...
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:19:19 AM PDT
by
B.O. Plenty
(Give war a chance...)
To: domenad
"I dont get how you spend money to reduce costs. If spending the money produced a greater cost savings than your initial layout, wouldnt you do it anyway?" Don't you remember back in the Slick Willy era of the tech bubble where Internet companies were losing $50 million per quarter but their stocks were going up so Slick and the Boys dubbed it the "New Economy."
We're back to that nonsense I suppose.
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:19:45 AM PDT
by
avacado
To: wk4bush2004
They were either blackmailed or bought.
Drug companies dont come out of the goodness of their hearts to give away 80 Billion dollars.
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:22:38 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: jessduntno
Exactly—this will be paid for by increasing prescription prices for everyone else.
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:23:33 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: wk4bush2004
They were told that this is the deal and they need to go along with it or be nationalized.
However, the risk is that they might next hear:
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:24:00 AM PDT
by
henkster
(Bumper Sticker: Please don't tell 0bama what comes after a Trillion!)
To: wk4bush2004
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:24:23 AM PDT
by
bannie
To: jessduntno
My first thought: “Did he threaten them?”
To: bannie
Please...you are scaring the children...
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:26:00 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
(July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
To: wk4bush2004
Yup. Divide and conquer.
To: wk4bush2004
Either your signature or your brains will be on the contract.
Rather than the press's opinion yesterday that Obama is like a father all of us, I think he is more like The Godfather to the country.
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:27:12 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
To: bannie
GOOOOLLLLYYYYY!!! Was Hillary ugly then or was Hillary really UGLY then??? Olde Bill musta been realy hard up for some action to marry that! No wonder The Bent One found Monica Lewinsky ravishing:-)
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:29:47 AM PDT
by
True Republican Patriot
(GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
To: wk4bush2004
A drug now costs $100. A customer pays a $5.00 co-pay. If that same drug will sell for $80.00, does the co-pay for the customer go down?
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:42:38 AM PDT
by
ditto h
To: domenad
[I dont get how you spend money to reduce costs. If spending the money produced a greater cost savings than your initial layout, wouldnt you do it anyway?]
Obama’s from the school of big-city machine politics. He is accustomed to large blocks of constituents who assemble, applaud and vote in lockstep. He is a sloganeer. I felt like laughing and crying Friday when AP asked the White House if people could keep their current health plan and doctor as Obama. A spokesman said the President “didn't intend for his remarks to be taken literally.”
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:46:54 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
We’re not supposed to take anything zero says literally? Sheesh! I suppose our enemies have figured this out also.
Zero makes Clinton look like an honest man.
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posted on
06/22/2009 11:59:34 AM PDT
by
Aria
( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
To: True Republican Patriot
Don’t be silly.
She looks quite pretty.
He looks predatory.
To: wk4bush2004
This one actually IS Bush’s fault.
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posted on
06/22/2009 12:07:06 PM PDT
by
sportutegrl
(If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
To: wk4bush2004
$80B over 10 years?
Less than a drop in the ocean...
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posted on
06/22/2009 12:12:26 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
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