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20 Largest Pharmaceutical Drug Contributions to Candidates for Congress 2006
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing:

1  . Ferguson, Mike (R-NJ) House $202,828

2  . Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) Senate $191,040

3  . Santorum, Rick (R-PA) Senate$185,450

4  . Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT),Senate $168,100

5  . Bonilla, Henry (R-TX) House $137,250

6  . Johnson, Nancy L (R-CT) House $127,050

7  . Hastert, Dennis (R-IL) House $124,000

8  . Allen, George (R-VA) Senate $110,800

9  . Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) Senate $108,543

10. Barton, Joe (R-TX) House $101,100

11.Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) Senate $96,850

12. Deal, Nathan (R-GA) House $94,085

13. DeWine, Mike (R-OH) Senate $93,800

14. Talent, James M (R-MO) Senate $92,000

15. Carper, Tom (D-DE) Senate $87,870

16. Nelson, Ben (D-NE) Senate $87,543

17. Kennedy, Mark (R-MN) Senate $80,250

18. Reynolds, Tom (R-NY) House $73,000

19. Ensign, John (R-NV) Senate $72,950

20. Simmons, Rob (R-CT) House $70,650

The Purdue Pharma Settlement for misbranding Oxycotin

“Also, in a rare move, three executives of Purdue Pharma, including its president and its top lawyer, pleaded guilty today as individuals to misbranding, a criminal violation. They agreed to pay a total of $34.5 million in fines”. For full story

I for one am NOT satisfied with this settlement for misbranding the narcotic Oxycotin. We put thousands of THC users into jail. These guys are the real drug pushers. I won’t rest until the first among many do jail time. We would have done well to start out with these three drug pushers but the prosecutors blew it by settling. Read More>>

Rick Lippi

Disabled, Seniors Confront Medicare Hole (from Associated Press -- published on April 28, 2006)
Mildred Lindley is stuck in a hole, the doughnut hole - "right in the middle of it," she says - that comes with Medicare's new prescription drug benefit. more

Best Explanation Of Ill-Made Medicare Drug Plan (from Robert Arnow, Medicare Rights Center -- published on April 28, 2006)
In recent years, the greatest unmet need of older adults has been affordable prescription medicine. On average, Americans have been paying double what people in Canada and the European Union pay for the exact same prescriptions. more

All Candidates Endorse Single Payer Health System (from California Healthline -- published on April 28, 2006)
All six candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 6th District Assembly seat support a single-payer health care system, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports. The 6th District represents Marin and southern Sonoma counties. more

Government Funded Care is the Best Solution (from Wall Street Journal -- published on April 22, 2006)
Under the Massachusetts approach, there will still be a maze of plans provided by any number of insurers. That multiplicity is the problem. Multiple insurers and multiple plans create layers of unneeded expense and bureaucracy related to billing, collections and the entire assembly line of middlemen between the service rendered and the payment. more

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