Hillary's Vaccine Shortage (A Trip Down Memory Lane, 2003)

Wall Street Journal Op/Ed ^ | August 15, 2003 | WSJ Op/Ed

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Everyone knows America's vaccine industry is in serious trouble, with an ever dwindling number of producers and recent severe vaccine shortages. What everyone also should know is that the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine has now pinned much of the blame on Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Well, not in so many words. The panel of doctors and economists issuing a report on vaccines last week was too polite to mention the former First Lady by name. But they identify as a fundamental cause of the problem the fact that the government purchases 55% of the childhood vaccine market at forced discount prices. The result has been "declining financial incentives to develop and produce vaccines."

The root of this government role goes back to August 1993, when Congress passed Mrs. Clinton's Vaccines for Children program. A dream of Hillary's friends at the Children's Defense Fund, her vaccines plan was to use federal power to ensure universal immunization. So the government agreed to purchase a third of the national vaccine supply (the Clintons had pushed for 100%) at a forced discount of half price, then distribute it to doctors to deliver to the poor and the un- and under-insured.

The result is a cautionary tale for anyone who favors national health care. Already very high in 1993, childhood vaccination rates barely budged. A General Accounting Office report at the time noted that "vaccines are already free" for the truly needy through programs like Medicaid. Meanwhile, however, the Hillary project dealt the vaccine industry another financial body blow.

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

The Institute of Medicine panel deserves credit for highlighting the threat to vaccine makers from government price controls. Mrs. Clinton is a powerful Senator now with Presidential ambitions. It took some guts for the Institute panel to say in effect that one of her pet projects is a bust. As Congress considers Medicare legislation that could do similar harm to prescription drug makers, the vaccine tale is a timely alarm.

[Col Frank Slade]

I wonder if any of these vaccines ever found there way to Haiti, where the Clinton Foundation arrived after the earthquake and children went “missing”

[Truthoverpower]

The vaccine industry is evil

Pure evil

100% propaganda. All the time. In favor.

Don’t ever let them near you. Your life depends on it

Furthermore the vaccine theory is completely invalid ; especially as it comes to viruses

Why do you think they have never called the flu shot a vaccine?

There are two things that will come out of this hoax/communist plot

I think ( smart ) people will be awakened to just how pervasive and evil the vaccine industry is and have much more knowledge on fighting it

Second once everything is finally reopened I don’t think anybody’s ever going to buy this bull crap ever again and let government shut things down

[Fightin Whitey]

The vaccine industry is evil

Pure evil

100% propaganda. All the time. In favor.

So was my President Trump a hero in his genius and mighty efforts with Warp Speed?

Or would you suggest he be regarded him as an evil dupe?

[Renkluaf]

Hillary never missed an opportunity to screw something up.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[lepton]

Two major things emerged out of Hillarycare: Consolidation of vaccine producers, and paying medical schools not to train doctors.