We are back to "Go Die."
Why?
Because it was the Republicans that stated the private sector would overcome all the necessary demands. That isn't what happened.
This is what happened with a President that knew what the problem was and did what he could through an Executive Order. The obstructive Senate and dysfunctional House never got their emphasis on the problem so much as the politics to end Obama Executive Orders.
The actions of Republicans exactly like Mr. Santorum and Mr. Santorum himself caused expensive refashioned patented pharmaceuticals to exist while abandoning the drugs that worked and went to generic status.
This is what Big Pharma gets you, a child begging for medications that are affordable to his young peers.
By Lara Salahi
October 31, 2011
While many advocates say President Obama's executive order (click here) to reduce a dire shortage of life-saving hospital medications is an essential step, others say the order is not enough to stop price gouging by some pharmaceutical companies.
Essential cancer drugs have arguably taken the hardest hit. Hospitals have reported the worst shortage in nearly a decade of chemotherapy agents like doxorubicin. Drugs for heart patients, some antibiotics, and intravenous drugs have also been hard for hospitals to find.
The new order instructs the Food and Drug Administration to broaden reporting of potential drug shortages, expedite regulatory reviews that can help prevent shortages, and examine whether potential shortages have led to price gouging. The drug shortage has compromised or delayed care for some patients and may have led to otherwise preventable deaths....
The Federal Government has to regulate the health care industry. We have seen this crisis and the fact health insurance companies abandoned by their members at the time of their greatest need. This while Wall Street has been seeing record profits.
When the private industry is left to 'remedy' and 'mediate' the needs of the American people THEY FAIL. President Obama is the most important President in the modern era to return empowering the electorate and not Wall Street to decide how they are best cared for.
Cancer patients and other consumers may find scarce prescription drugs more available under a plan unveiled Monday. (click title to entry - thank you)
President Obama signed an executive order instructing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take actions to help reduce prescription-drug shortages.
There have been more than 200 prescription-drug shortages reported so far this year, the FDA says. The most common shortages have involved cancer drugs, anesthetics used for patients undergoing surgery, as well as drugs for emergency medicine and electrolytes needed for patients on IV feeding.
MORE: Drug shortages set to reach record levels
"We have also seen shortages of injectable drugs used for blood pressure and shortages involving Adderall extended-release capsules used for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," FDA spokeswoman Shelly Burgess said.
Doctors, hospitals, pharmacists and patients are struggling with the problem that has caused them to delay treatment, postpone surgery or make do with costlier and less-effective substitutes. Fifteen deaths have been blamed on shortages....
Why?
Because it was the Republicans that stated the private sector would overcome all the necessary demands. That isn't what happened.
This is what happened with a President that knew what the problem was and did what he could through an Executive Order. The obstructive Senate and dysfunctional House never got their emphasis on the problem so much as the politics to end Obama Executive Orders.
The actions of Republicans exactly like Mr. Santorum and Mr. Santorum himself caused expensive refashioned patented pharmaceuticals to exist while abandoning the drugs that worked and went to generic status.
This is what Big Pharma gets you, a child begging for medications that are affordable to his young peers.
By Lara Salahi
October 31, 2011
While many advocates say President Obama's executive order (click here) to reduce a dire shortage of life-saving hospital medications is an essential step, others say the order is not enough to stop price gouging by some pharmaceutical companies.
Essential cancer drugs have arguably taken the hardest hit. Hospitals have reported the worst shortage in nearly a decade of chemotherapy agents like doxorubicin. Drugs for heart patients, some antibiotics, and intravenous drugs have also been hard for hospitals to find.
The new order instructs the Food and Drug Administration to broaden reporting of potential drug shortages, expedite regulatory reviews that can help prevent shortages, and examine whether potential shortages have led to price gouging. The drug shortage has compromised or delayed care for some patients and may have led to otherwise preventable deaths....
The Federal Government has to regulate the health care industry. We have seen this crisis and the fact health insurance companies abandoned by their members at the time of their greatest need. This while Wall Street has been seeing record profits.
When the private industry is left to 'remedy' and 'mediate' the needs of the American people THEY FAIL. President Obama is the most important President in the modern era to return empowering the electorate and not Wall Street to decide how they are best cared for.
Cancer patients and other consumers may find scarce prescription drugs more available under a plan unveiled Monday. (click title to entry - thank you)
President Obama signed an executive order instructing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take actions to help reduce prescription-drug shortages.
There have been more than 200 prescription-drug shortages reported so far this year, the FDA says. The most common shortages have involved cancer drugs, anesthetics used for patients undergoing surgery, as well as drugs for emergency medicine and electrolytes needed for patients on IV feeding.
MORE: Drug shortages set to reach record levels
"We have also seen shortages of injectable drugs used for blood pressure and shortages involving Adderall extended-release capsules used for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," FDA spokeswoman Shelly Burgess said.
Doctors, hospitals, pharmacists and patients are struggling with the problem that has caused them to delay treatment, postpone surgery or make do with costlier and less-effective substitutes. Fifteen deaths have been blamed on shortages....
