Drug firms to Bush: "Happy Birthday, Mr President"...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

...You'd better believe that many of the birthday cards arriving at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave next week will have more than a thank you note inside.

Drug Prices Spike After New Medicare Law-Group

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=9&u=/nm/20040630/ts_nm/health_prices_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug firms raised the prices of some medicines as much as 10 percent since the Bush administration enacted the new Medicare law late last year, making it hard for some patients to afford them, a new report said on Wednesday.


AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, said the prices of brand-name drugs most used by older adults climbed an average 3.4 percent since late December.


The jump -- three times the rate of inflation -- was one of the sharpest quarterly spikes since 2000, the nation's largest group representing the elderly said in its report.


Drug manufacturers used "very aggressive pricing practices ... that harm the elderly population's ability to afford those drugs," said John Rother, AARP's policy director.

[Malva Zebrina]

1. and AARP, although now pretending to be outraged

supported the entire bill.

What the hell do they think we are--stupid? This is another case ofr propaganda a spin.

AARP is simply an extension of the Bush regime and it's tendency to spin and lie.

They are despicable and anyone who still pays them money to secure any sort of benefit to seniors is simply just plain stupid.