Governor Wants Iowans To Sign Petition

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http://www.theiowachannel.com/politics/2558279/detail.html

Gov. Tom Vilsack has asked Iowans to sign a petition urging Congress and the Food and Drug Administration to allow Americans to purchase imported prescription drugs from Canada.

Vilsack said the ever-increasing cost of prescription drugs places an unfair burden on consumers, especially when so many Americans are unemployed and without health care coverage.

Sign the petition here: http://www.affordabledrugs.il.gov/

[rusk2003]

1. Good

I think that it is way over do. It just shows the hypocrasy of the right. The group who claim they surrport free market. Well I guess plenty of people firgured out they do not since they took over in 2000 and 2002.

[Padraig18]

2. I've signed, and....

... I'm proud to point out that this petition was initiated by Illinois' own Democratic governor, Rod Blagoevic. :thumbsup:

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[CoffeePlease1947]

4. Duh! Maybe that is why he has a petition going and The Governor has

no power to lower prescription drugs. Your points and spelling fit much better in Freeperville. At least try not to be obvious.

Mike

[Spazito]

5. ROFL!

and your proof of that is???

[ima_sinnic]

6. you are the weakest link

buh bye

[j_stevens]

7. Will someone please use facts and prove me wrong?

Instead I just keep getting witty responses with substance.

[Dork]

8. You meant "without"

but were correct the way you wrote it.
DUMB SHIT.

[j_stevens]

9. lol I meant without

I haven't yet had my coffee and I am exciting for the UT game today. hook 'em horns!

[Dork]

10. Good idea.

Time for coffee and Saturday.

[BadFaith]

11. Because He Can't

Not even the Federal government has a regulatory mechanism for price controls on prescription drugs, so expecting the governor of Iowa to lower the costs is unreasonable. This is the crux of the issue, and the importation of drugs from countries that do have price controls through their own national health care program is a workaround solution. Once Federal price controls becomes a campaign issue PhRMA, the pharmacutical industry's umbrella lobby, will piss their pants and find a way to dump hundreds of millions of dollars into the lap of any candidate or PAC that opposed price controls. With the importation measure, they'll just resort to dirty tricks.

[eleny]

12. Done!

Thanks for passng the info on to us.