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If anything that seems like it would make things worse - someone else, completely disconnected from your care, making decisions about what manufacturer should p
by larrywright 7y ago
If anything that seems like it would make things worse - someone else, completely disconnected from your care, making decisions about what manufacturer should provide your drugs.
Government sourcing is riddled with plenty of cases of corruption and wrongdoing. Generally the worst case is that they overpay for something. With medicine, the worst case is that someone dies. I’ll pass.
- richrichardsson 7y agoCan you cite examples of this happening?
- larrywright 7y agoSure, here are just a couple: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/defense-contractor-and-its-ceo-plead-guilty-corruption-conspiracy-involving-scores-navy https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/defense-contractor-and-its-ce... https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1989-01-07-8901010981-story.html https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1989-01-07-89010109... https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-boeing-scandal-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-boeing-scandal-story.html
- richrichardsson 7y agoOnly able to read the first article (2nd two are verboten for EU users), but all I read is that a private company was implicated, not a national level single buyer (such as the NHS in the UK).
- joe5150 7y agohow are the corporate buyers and managers at Rite-Aid who decide what generic to supply any more "connected" to my care? why should they be?