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Yeah. I didn’t want to get into my whole rant, but while this was a breakthrough, it is a small, slow breakthrough. If you want to see the sordid history of th
by wrs 3y ago
Yeah. I didn’t want to get into my whole rant, but while this was a breakthrough, it is a small, slow breakthrough.
If you want to see the sordid history of this restriction read the “Legislative History” on Wikipedia. [0] tl;dr the congressman responsible for this provision in the 2003 law was subsequently hired as chief lobbyist for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Improvement,_and_Modernization_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Im...