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I watched some of the Healthcare Reform Bill hearings in the Senate last night....
Interestingly Sen McCain introduced a bill for an amendment to be added allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs from foreign countries ( the act Bush closed for his Pharmaceutical buddies (relatives :???: ) )...A bill he says he has introduced several times- but that the big Drug money always gets killed...
It was almost overwhelmingly supported in debate by the Dems- with stories of people being able to go to Canada and get their cancer drugs for 1/10th the price- and all drugs being 1/3 to 1/2 price...And the billions of $ consumers could save...Only Mikulski of Maryland spoke against it on the Dem side because she said she was worried about terrorists...
But to the Repubs you'd think McCain stuck a knife in their hearts as they squealed (McCain did have that little sneer on his face when he introduced it) And when Repubs (Enzi) tried to talk him out of it- then postpone it- he just walked out- but said he was demanding an up or down vote....
It went down 12-10 with all the Repubs voting against it- joined by Dems Patty Murray and Mikulski....
Sort of tells you who is in the Pharmaceutical lobbiests pockets...
But they say the amendment will reappear on the full Senate floor when the entire bill is debated..Apparently Reid is trying to help McCain get it thru this time....
Interestingly Sen McCain introduced a bill for an amendment to be added allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs from foreign countries ( the act Bush closed for his Pharmaceutical buddies (relatives :???: ) )...A bill he says he has introduced several times- but that the big Drug money always gets killed...
It was almost overwhelmingly supported in debate by the Dems- with stories of people being able to go to Canada and get their cancer drugs for 1/10th the price- and all drugs being 1/3 to 1/2 price...And the billions of $ consumers could save...Only Mikulski of Maryland spoke against it on the Dem side because she said she was worried about terrorists...
But to the Repubs you'd think McCain stuck a knife in their hearts as they squealed (McCain did have that little sneer on his face when he introduced it) And when Repubs (Enzi) tried to talk him out of it- then postpone it- he just walked out- but said he was demanding an up or down vote....
It went down 12-10 with all the Repubs voting against it- joined by Dems Patty Murray and Mikulski....
Sort of tells you who is in the Pharmaceutical lobbiests pockets...
But they say the amendment will reappear on the full Senate floor when the entire bill is debated..Apparently Reid is trying to help McCain get it thru this time....