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Comrade Grumpy

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9. I agree. Nationalize Big Pharma, eliminate the insurance parasites...

Reply to hunter (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 06:44 PM

Apr 2013

...clean up all the other "let's profit off sickness" crap that infests our system, and we could have good health care for everybody. But given our totally corrupted political system, that would require a revolution.

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Gilead-Bristol Hepatitis C Drug Combo Cures 100% in Study [View all] Live and Learn Apr 2013 OP

I've been deferring treatment for Hep C. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2013 #1

The problem is that Big-Pharma only cares about profit Live and Learn Apr 2013 #3

That is horrifying. BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #2

41 patients.... OneBlueDotBama Apr 2013 #4

But they were failures on previous drug trials Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #6

It was 41 patients that hadn't been cured with conventional treatments. Live and Learn Apr 2013 #8

This is a weakness of how the FDA works Recursion Apr 2013 #5

Nationalize the corporations... hunter Apr 2013 #7

I agree. Nationalize Big Pharma, eliminate the insurance parasites... Comrade Grumpy Apr 2013 #9