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HIV Positive - 11 May 2007 13:27 GMT

I've been reading this article
<http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/142/story/65141.html>:

"A multimillion-dollar federal grant for HIV/AIDS care announced
recently is a relief for some South Carolinians who have been waiting
for months for life-saving medications. But HIV/AIDS officials want
the state to help make sure there is enough medicine for everyone who
is waiting."

Are people in the US being denied medication for financial reasons?

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GMCarter - 11 May 2007 16:18 GMT

>I've been reading this article
><http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/142/story/65141.html>:
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>Are people in the US being denied medication for financial reasons?

Yes. The biggest reason being that Pharma extorts, rapes and holds
hostage everyone's life both in the US and around the world. They
charge so much that programs like ADAP, Medicaid, Medicare drug
program (a joke foisted on us by that f.cking shithead, Bill Frist),
PEPFAR and so forth become little more than slush funds for the
abject, genocidal greed of Pfizer, Glaxo SmithKline, BMS, Hoffman
LaRoche, Merck, etc.

May they all rot in hell for their crimes.

That doesn't mean their (often stolen - or "licensed" IP) drugs aren't
useful.

Read Rost's the Whistleblower. Read The Truth About the Drug Companies
by Angell (former NEJM editor).

George M. Carter

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