Another Boon for Big Pharma

Happy Friday.

Hypocrites. It seems the "free market" ideal so often praised by republicans is uniquely employed when it benefits businesses, not consumers. I know, no one is surprised.

But, it's twice as bad when the government is not only sacrificing consumers' interests, but also its own leveling a double blow against the average American Jane and Joe whom it's supposed to be representing.

By example, the 2003 Medicare legislation prohibits the government from negotiating for the best price with Big Pharma. That's right, Medicare cannot leverage its purchasing power to provide less expensive drugs to the elderly. Congress wouldn't allow it. The cost: $8.7 trillion.

And it gets worse:

A Serious Drug Problem.

Here's to your health....