Tillbaka till svenska Fidonet
English   Information   Debug  
OS2PROG   0/36
OS2REXX   0/113
OS2USER-L   207
OS2   0/4786
OSDEBATE   0/18996
PASCAL   0/490
PERL   0/457
PHP   0/45
POINTS   0/405
POLITICS   4765/29554
POL_INC   0/14731
PSION   103
R20_ADMIN   1121
R20_AMATORRADIO   0/2
R20_BEST_OF_FIDONET   13
R20_CHAT   0/893
R20_DEPP   0/3
R20_DEV   399
R20_ECHO2   1379
R20_ECHOPRES   0/35
R20_ESTAT   0/719
R20_FIDONETPROG...
...RAM.MYPOINT
  0/2
R20_FIDONETPROGRAM   0/22
R20_FIDONET   0/248
R20_FILEFIND   0/24
R20_FILEFOUND   0/22
R20_HIFI   0/3
R20_INFO2   3218
R20_INTERNET   0/12940
R20_INTRESSE   0/60
R20_INTR_KOM   0/99
R20_KANDIDAT.CHAT   42
R20_KANDIDAT   28
R20_KOM_DEV   112
R20_KONTROLL   0/13270
R20_KORSET   0/18
R20_LOKALTRAFIK   0/24
R20_MODERATOR   0/1852
R20_NC   76
R20_NET200   245
R20_NETWORK.OTH...
...ERNETS
  0/13
R20_OPERATIVSYS...
...TEM.LINUX
  0/44
R20_PROGRAMVAROR   0/1
R20_REC2NEC   534
R20_SFOSM   0/340
R20_SF   0/108
R20_SPRAK.ENGLISH   0/1
R20_SQUISH   107
R20_TEST   2
R20_WORST_OF_FIDONET   12
RAR   0/9
RA_MULTI   106
RA_UTIL   0/162
REGCON.EUR   0/2056
REGCON   0/13
SCIENCE   0/1206
SF   0/239
SHAREWARE_SUPPORT   0/5146
SHAREWRE   0/14
SIMPSONS   0/169
STATS_OLD1   0/2539.065
STATS_OLD2   0/2530
STATS_OLD3   0/2395.095
STATS_OLD4   0/1692.25
SURVIVOR   0/495
SYSOPS_CORNER   0/3
SYSOP   0/84
TAGLINES   0/112
TEAMOS2   0/4530
TECH   0/2617
TEST.444   0/105
TRAPDOOR   0/19
TREK   0/755
TUB   0/290
UFO   0/40
UNIX   0/1316
USA_EURLINK   0/102
USR_MODEMS   0/1
VATICAN   0/2740
VIETNAM_VETS   0/14
VIRUS   0/378
VIRUS_INFO   75/201
VISUAL_BASIC   0/473
WHITEHOUSE   0/5187
WIN2000   0/101
WIN32   0/30
WIN95   0/4288
WIN95_OLD1   0/70272
WINDOWS   0/1517
WWB_SYSOP   0/419
WWB_TECH   0/810
ZCC-PUBLIC   0/1
ZEC   4

 
4DOS   0/134
ABORTION   0/7
ALASKA_CHAT   0/506
ALLFIX_FILE   0/1313
ALLFIX_FILE_OLD1   0/7997
ALT_DOS   0/152
AMATEUR_RADIO   0/1039
AMIGASALE   0/14
AMIGA   0/331
AMIGA_INT   0/1
AMIGA_PROG   0/20
AMIGA_SYSOP   0/26
ANIME   0/15
ARGUS   0/924
ASCII_ART   0/340
ASIAN_LINK   0/651
ASTRONOMY   0/417
AUDIO   0/92
AUTOMOBILE_RACING   0/105
BABYLON5   0/17862
BAG   135
BATPOWER   0/361
BBBS.ENGLISH   0/382
BBSLAW   0/109
BBS_ADS   0/5290
BBS_INTERNET   0/507
BIBLE   0/3563
BINKD   0/1119
BINKLEY   0/215
BLUEWAVE   0/2173
CABLE_MODEMS   0/25
CBM   0/46
CDRECORD   0/66
CDROM   0/20
CLASSIC_COMPUTER   0/378
COMICS   0/15
CONSPRCY   0/899
COOKING   32896
COOKING_OLD1   0/24719
COOKING_OLD2   0/40862
COOKING_OLD3   0/37489
COOKING_OLD4   0/35496
COOKING_OLD5   9370
C_ECHO   0/189
C_PLUSPLUS   0/31
DIRTY_DOZEN   0/201
DOORGAMES   0/2056
DOS_INTERNET   0/196
duplikat   6002
ECHOLIST   0/18295
EC_SUPPORT   0/318
ELECTRONICS   0/359
ELEKTRONIK.GER   1534
ENET.LINGUISTIC   0/13
ENET.POLITICS   0/4
ENET.SOFT   0/11701
ENET.SYSOP   33903
ENET.TALKS   0/32
ENGLISH_TUTOR   0/2000
EVOLUTION   0/1335
FDECHO   0/217
FDN_ANNOUNCE   0/7068
FIDONEWS   24125
FIDONEWS_OLD1   0/49742
FIDONEWS_OLD2   0/35949
FIDONEWS_OLD3   0/30874
FIDONEWS_OLD4   0/37224
FIDO_SYSOP   12852
FIDO_UTIL   0/180
FILEFIND   0/209
FILEGATE   0/212
FILM   0/18
FNEWS_PUBLISH   4408
FN_SYSOP   41678
FN_SYSOP_OLD1   71952
FTP_FIDO   0/2
FTSC_PUBLIC   0/13599
FUNNY   0/4886
GENEALOGY.EUR   0/71
GET_INFO   105
GOLDED   0/408
HAM   0/16070
HOLYSMOKE   0/6791
HOT_SITES   0/1
HTMLEDIT   0/71
HUB203   466
HUB_100   264
HUB_400   39
HUMOR   0/29
IC   0/2851
INTERNET   0/424
INTERUSER   0/3
IP_CONNECT   719
JAMNNTPD   0/233
JAMTLAND   0/47
KATTY_KORNER   0/41
LAN   0/16
LINUX-USER   0/19
LINUXHELP   0/1155
LINUX   0/22092
LINUX_BBS   0/957
mail   18.68
mail_fore_ok   249
MENSA   0/341
MODERATOR   0/102
MONTE   0/992
MOSCOW_OKLAHOMA   0/1245
MUFFIN   0/783
MUSIC   0/321
N203_STAT   926
N203_SYSCHAT   313
NET203   321
NET204   69
NET_DEV   0/10
NORD.ADMIN   0/101
NORD.CHAT   0/2572
NORD.FIDONET   189
NORD.HARDWARE   0/28
NORD.KULTUR   0/114
NORD.PROG   0/32
NORD.SOFTWARE   0/88
NORD.TEKNIK   0/58
NORD   0/453
OCCULT_CHAT   0/93
OS2BBS   0/787
OS2DOSBBS   0/580
OS2HW   0/42
OS2INET   0/37
OS2LAN   0/134
Möte POLITICS, 29554 texter
 lista första sista föregående nästa
Text 3858, 75 rader
Skriven 2004-10-20 18:29:00 av THURSTON ACKERMAN (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JEFF BINKLEY
Ärende: Canadian drugs
======================
JB>The solution is to go at the source of why the drugs are so expensive instea
JB>of trying to find ways to beat the system (that Kerry and others erected).

JB>======================================

JB>http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1138adf6-2076-11d9-af19-00000e2511c8.html

JB>Canada deals blow to cheap US drug imports
JB>By Bernard Simon in Toronto
JB>Published: October 17 2004 21:47 | Last updated: October 17 2004 21:47

JB>More than 30 Canadian internet pharmacies have decided not to accept bulk
JB>orders of prescription drugs from US states and municipalities.

JB>The move delivers a potentially serious setback to US politicians most notab
JB>Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry campaigning to give Americans
JB>easier access to cheap drugs from Canada.

JB>Mr Kerry has argued that opening the US to Canadian imports could help lower
JB>the costs of prescription drugs for elderly Americans. Such reimportation ha
JB>become one of the points of difference between him and President George W. B
JB>during the election campaign.

JB>But growing concern in Canada that growing exports to the US could lead to
JB>rising prices and shortages north of the border has prompted the Canadian
JB>International Pharmacy Association (Cipa), whose members include several of
JB>biggest internet and mail-order drugstores, to act. We don't want to give
JB>Americans the impression that we have unlimited supply for them to tap into
JB>a commercial basis, said David Mackay, the association's executive director.
JB>Americans, he added, can't get everything from Canada. We can't be your
JB>complete drugstore.

JB>Prescription drug prices are significantly lower in Canada than the US, beca
JB>of price controls and bulk buying by the 10 provinces. Individual Americans
JB>have crossed the border for years to buy cheap medicines, but the internet a
JB>spiralling healthcare costs in the US have led to a wider movement for state
JB>and cities to source the drugs they need from Canada. Several states, such a
JB>Minnesota and New Hampshire, have set up websites directing residents to
JB>approved pharmacies in Canada. Cipa members would continue to service these
JB>customers, Mr Mackay said, but would not deal with states such as Illinois a
JB>Wisconsin that have proposed turning over their entire supply system to a
JB>Canadian internet pharmacy.

JB>Cipa members make up about a quarter of the roughly 150 internet pharmacies
JB>operating in Canada, raising the question whether others will follow its lea
JB>Mr Mackay said discussion had been heated at an all-day meeting of Cipa last
JB>month at which the new policy was approved. With pharmaceutical manufacturer
JB>seeking to restrict supplies and the US Congressional Budget Office recently
JB>saying that reimportation from Canada would have a negligible impact on US
JB>drugs spending, the internet pharmacies have already had difficulty meeting
JB>demand from south of the border.

JB>Several have set up alliances with pharmacies in other countries. A sharp ri
JB>in the Canadian dollar has also squeezed profits.

JB>Ujjal Dosanjh, Canada's health minister, said over the weekend that he was n
JB>concerned at this point either about domestic shortages or the safety of
JB>Canadian medicines.

JB>Still, public opinion appears to be gradually turning against the online
JB>operators. Canadian Treatment Action Council, a lobby group representing
JB>pharmacists and patients, is due to speak out today against drug exports to
JB>US.

I find it intersting that one of the largest pharmacies here in the
northeast of the USA is the Brooks Brothers chain that is Canadian
owned. One wonders if the Board of Directors in Torando decided they
earned too many $$$ here that helps finance single-payer medical
delivery in Canada to support mail order business to USA.

Ciao, Ack.

---
 þ SLMR 2.1a þ Fine is tax for doing wrong.Tax is a fine for doing well
 * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)