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    Drug Shortages, another Canary Keels over....Pay attention....

    My wife worked in a hospital pharmacy for many years. One of the things that finally persuaded her that my claims of "shit ain't right" in this country were correct was the persistent shortage of simple, yet life saving, drugs. She often had to break down larger quantities of things like Saline etc... because the quantity they ordered was unavailable, doctors were routinely having to issue substitute drug prescriptions because the drug they had originally prescribed could not be had.....

    Many people just don't understand that there are many deaths in this country every year because the medications needed are NOT AVAILABLE. Notice I did not say, "patients can't afford them" or "Insurance won't approve them" etc....THE MEDICATIONS DON'T EXIST in the system- they are not being produced. It has become such an issue that there is actually an organization that tracks the availability of meds.....


    https://www.yahoo.com/news/faced-dru...121921081.html

    For those who think "Everything is peachy" with the world....This should be a wake up call, one more sign.....
    Last edited by Esq.; 10-15-19 at 14:22.
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    First, the bun issues at Popeyes and now this....
    The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand View Post
    First, the bun issues at Popeyes and now this....
    Chick-fil-A is still better for the record


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    Muh crony capitalism isn't working! And socialism never worked either! What's a guy to do?

    Seriously though, this is messed up. I'm not even sure how to describe our medical "system" - it's more convoluted than something from Warhammer 40K.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SomeOtherGuy View Post
    Muh crony capitalism isn't working! And socialism never worked either! What's a guy to do?

    Seriously though, this is messed up. I'm not even sure how to describe our medical "system" - it's more convoluted than something from Warhammer 40K.
    Maybe give real capitalism a try?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jsbhike View Post
    Maybe give real capitalism a try?
    Yes! Karl Denniger is the best pundit I’ve read on what is wrong with our medical industry and how to fix it. Right now it is a collection of govt protected (not by law but by ignoring laws) monopolies that do not follow laws every other industry must abide by. Get govt out of medicine/pharm and enforce existing commercial laws and it will become much more abundant and affordable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpmuscle View Post
    Chick-fil-A is still better for the record
    Yeah, right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 26 Inf View Post
    Yeah, right.
    Blasphemy

    Seppuku yourself right now



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    It's because the healthcare industry isn't designed to make people better. It's designed to make people richer.

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    Simple drugs aren’t available for multiple reasons. One reason is that many generics don’t yield sufficient profit to make the juice worth the squeeze for the manufacturer. Another more recent phenomenon is due to supply chain issues with the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico a few years ago. Many pharma companies manufacture in PR due to tax incentives. We are still seeing downstream effects from that hurricane in shortages of certain common meds.
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