[GaReb770]

<p>Pure, unadulterated greed, not what's best for consumers. </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/health/preemie-birth-preventive-spikes-866617.html" target="_blank">http://www.ajc.com/health/preemie-birth-preventive-spikes-866617.html</a></p>

 

[gretriever]

<p>"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not involved in setting the price for the drugs it approves."</p>
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<p>That doesn't give them a pass for thinking of the ramifications of agreeing to this. They're as responsible for this as the company.  </p>

 

[kerfwango]

<p><em>But recently, KV Pharmaceutical of suburban St.Louis <strong>won government approval to exclusively sell the drug</strong>, known as Makena (Mah-KEE'-Nah).</em></p>
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<p>This is what is so wrong with our corporate-fascist form of government.</p>

 

[airehead]

<p>My question is:  our system of gov't was set up for checks/balances on all three branches.  When the three branches refuse to levy checks and balances on each other, what are we as a people to do?<br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>kerfwango</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72974/this-is-what-is-so-wrong-with-our-health-care-system#post_1988142"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p><em>But recently, KV Pharmaceutical of suburban St.Louis <strong>won government approval to exclusively sell the drug</strong>, known as Makena (Mah-KEE'-Nah).</em></p>
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<p>This is what is so wrong with our corporate-fascist form of government.</p>
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[4boysmom]

<p>A friend of mine had a baby at 28 weeks.  He's one of the lucky ones--he lived and he's a normal, healthy 2yo.  Just this week, he went in for his first set of stitches.<img alt="rolleyes.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/rolleyes.gif"></p>
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<p>After three miscarriages, she's pregnant again.  The plan is for her to get regular injections of progesterone throughout her pregnancy to prevent another pre-term baby.  They budgeted for $15/injection.  And now it's $1500?!  Is she supposed to go without and hope that she doesn't go into pre-term labor?  And if she does have this baby early, hope that it's as lucky as their first baby?  Never mind the medical costs of 10 weeks in NICU...</p>