So I haven't been happy with the concessions that the Obama administration gave the pharmaceutical industry. "The drug industry offered some $80 billion in concessions over a decade as part of their contribution to reducing health care costs. In return, the White House agreed not to pursue sharp price reductions under Medicare from the drug makers." Why is it House Republican Leader John A. Boehner (R-OH) of all people who's calling the drug industry out on it?, Boehner Assails Drug Industry ‘Appeasement’ on Health Care Bill.
"Boehner, in his letter, charged that PhRMA had opted to “accommodate a Washington takeover of health care at the expense of the American people in hopes of securing favorable treatment and future profits.”" Of course, doesn't the GOP believe that companies should only seek profits and that the market should decide which succeed and fail?
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Perhaps PhRMA didn't give Boehner the chance to use his "Hey baby, need some company?" come-on for cash on them before they made a deal (good or bad) with the White House, and it hurt his feelings.
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More of the same conservative and republican hypocrisy.
I guess that business should be free to pursue profits, except when they shouldn't be free to pursue profits.
If it weren't so serious (and sad) it would be quite funny and amusing.
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