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Blessthebeasts's avatar

I find it bizarre that "prescription drug prices" are such a huge issue. It's tragic really.

"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food" Hippocrates

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Cindy Sheehan's avatar

that's my motto!

xo

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djean111's avatar

The Dems will squeal about (and campaign on) "Socialism!" and "Communism!". Even if only one drug is affected. They are more comfortable with Bernie's photo-op buses to Canada. Which, IIRC, accomplished nothing at all. But reeled in votes and money for the Dems.

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Joanna Perry-Folino's avatar

Hey RICK...This here Josephine thinks Cindy's use of humor to help people critically think is actually effective so we don't jump off a bridge in despair and fall into depression and do nothing. Humor has always been used to topple fear. Also the narrowness of most doctors to prescribe prescribe prescribe instead of listen, converse, deliberate and comfort is all about pharma's kickback and bonuses to all these younguns' out of med school.

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Cindy Sheehan's avatar

Dear Josephine---A) YOU are NOT average---and Rick has lost the privilege of being here.

I don't mind alternative view points, but I will not tolerate establishment trolls

xo

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Rob (c137)'s avatar

The real scam persists.

For many diseases, like diabetes, they keep coming out with newer drugs that are on patent, yet they aren't better and in some cases have worse side effects.

Generics always get ignored in favor for the new stuff.

It's also nuts that they stopped recommending baby aspirin. It's got tons of benefits.

But then, they promoted patent blood thinners like eliquis which is expensive.

Meanwhile in Europe and other socialized medicine countries, they rarely need to prescribe new patent medicine as they can do it with generics.

The best medicine is exercise and meditation. Why not do both at the same time?

https://robc137.substack.com/p/fix-the-foundation-before-the-roof

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Cindy Sheehan's avatar

agree

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Michael Zack's avatar

Cindy, Imagine protecting Pharmacutical Corporations Profits while lowering the prices for America. "I'm pragmatic, SCREw someone else". That's Vampire D.C. for you, they always have a solution. I'm back to my Vampire Conspiracy Theory. They all are. D.C. Price of Admission. Can there be anyother plausible explanation? I want to know what "Golden Dome" has to do with Pharmaceutical Prices? "Golden Dome" must be some coded message, and they poasterboards about Golden Dome were prominenly displayed during the Executive Order, "I'll tell you what you'll pay" play. Tableau. Isn't there a particular Golden Dome in The Holy Land? That people have a lot to say about? I haven't been, but I would say the USA owes everyone to there go receive a USA Passport, in order to flee whatever they want to call it. I call for USA Citizenship be given to everyone in need of leaving The Holy Land, and United Nations Plebicite for the peoples of The Holy Land to creat The Holy Land, 51st State of United States with Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Equality Under Law. And most importantly, fix the 13th-Amendment to end Penal Slavery, which is the Public-Private Prison Slavery Partnership in the USA. You would think US Congress would do this. Who's Safe? Can they really be Vampires? Must have a different name.

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Cindy Sheehan's avatar

Yeah, but if working class and poor people benefit, I am in.

Why should prescription drug users here subsidize those in other developed countries?

It's INSANE!

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Michael Zack's avatar

What price will they lower 1st? Overstocks of the Death-by-Clot-Shot would be my guess. Relable it Ozemprikx. Only $39.99 with free "Sup-to-date" app download

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Michael Zack's avatar

I really want to know why the kerfuffle in the White House with the 2 big posters showing USA under a Golden Dome, while C-SPAN was live aid while there was a delay in the program to start, these big boards are clumsily forced on stage next to the indeciferable board about Parma Prices. Did Trump and his 4-Horsemen of Chem-Profits even reference Golden Dome? Someone forced Golden Dome infront of the media at the last minute, and the Hidden-Hand was understudied by a Black-Face, of course. Golden Dome is some code. And promises of lower pharmaceutical prices is Tableaux de Code. I guess Trump did say we'll save enough to pay for Golden Dome. Well, now that we have that taken care of, time to jet off to fix the Arab-Isaeli Dispute.

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Michael Zack's avatar

Invest in IG Farben Monsanto. The Golden Dome Pharmaceutical Profit Presentation Declaration has been signed. Almost before anyone got their 1st Cup o'Joe on a Monday Morning. Monday Morning Declaration Staff Meeting, and TGIF Retracted Daming Evidence Dump. Nagotiating the Spoils Tues-Thurs.

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Judith's avatar

A bit off topic, but not too much, I am linking something from Sasha Latypova's substack today.

FDA official comment page about "biological products" and the "Covid 19 formula for use in the USA"

Comments due by today. I tend to sign these petitions, and comment where I can if only to feel that I am stating my objection, whether that objection is acted upon or not.

I do it, also, to counter the bots that Pharma develops to comment PRO novavax and other bioweapons.

For what it's worth....

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/08/2025-08083/vaccines-and-related-biological-products-advisory-committee-notice-of-meeting-establishment-of-a

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