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Jane Hamsher: House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence For My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors
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But thanks to Representatives Anna Eshoo and Joe Barton, there will be no generic versions of these drugs. At least not for 12 years, if the House health care bill announced today passes.
I wonder of Big Pharma lobbyists ever drool uncontrollably on themselves, in anticipation of big paydays?
FDL Action Health Care Update: Thursday (10/29/09)
Blue Commonwealth - Front Page —
... Walker concludes that "by 2015 all employers, and therefore all Americans not on Medicare or Medicaid, could start using the new health insurance exchange for health care." At least in theory, that is. We'll see what happens.
4. Michael Whitney reports that "in just 24 hours, the FDL community has raised more than $15,000 from more than 400 people" to put pressure on Sen. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas. If you'd like to contribute, please click here. Thanks.
5. Jane Hamsher writes that, despite "much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the ...
FDL Action Health Care Update: Thursday (10/29/09)
Blue Virginia —
... that "by 2015 all employers, and therefore all Americans not on Medicare or Medicaid, could start using the new health insurance exchange for health care." At least in theory, that is. We'll see what happens. 4. Michael Whitney reports that "in just 24 hours, the FDL community has raised more than $15,000 from more than 400 people" to put pressure on Sen. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas. If you'd like to contribute, please click here. Thanks. 5. Jane Hamsher writes that, despite "much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the ...
Howard Dean on Health-Care Bill: 'This Is Real Reform'
Crooks and Liars —
... As Jane pointed out this morning, there's no requirement for generic versions of high-priced breast cancer drugs. In fact, the bill sweetens the pot for Big Pharma by extending patents on those drugs every time they make a minor change. (Like making an extended release formula.) Essentially, it's a monopoly in perpetuity. ...
Waxman to Eshoo: You’ve Got an “Evergreening Problem”
Firedoglake —
... to my article on her biologics bill, Anna Eshoo vehemently claims it doesn’t allow “evergreening,” which would allow slight tweaks in drug formulas to grant drug companies endless monopolies and keep these lifesaving drugs from ever becoming generics: ...
Jane Hamsher: Anna Eshoo's PhRMA Boondoggle: The Devil Is In Her Details
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Senator Brown and Congressman Henry Waxman proposed legislation that would make these drugs available in generic form after giving companies a 5 year monopoly to recoup their costs. Sadly, they lost out to legislation offered by Rep. Anna Eshoo in the House and Senator Kay Hagen in the Senate, which was much more generous to pharmaceutical companies at the expense of those who badly need these drugs.
I wrote about what this means to many breast cancer survivors like me: ...
The Devil in Anna Eshoo’s Details
Firedoglake —
... Senator Brown and Congressman Henry Waxman proposed legislation that would make these drugs available in generic form after giving companies a 5 year monopoly to recoup their costs. Sadly, they lost out to legislation offered by Rep. Anna Eshoo in the House and Senator Kay Hagen in the Senate, which was much more generous to pharmaceutical companies at the expense of those who badly need these drugs.
I wrote about what this means to many breast cancer survivors like me: ...
FDL Action Health Care Update: Monday (11/2/09)
Blue Virginia —
... to her article on Eshoo's biologics bill. Although Eshoo "vehemently claims [her bill] doesn’t allow 'evergreening,' which would allow slight tweaks in drug formulas to grant drug companies endless monopolies and keep these lifesaving drugs from ever becoming generics," that's news to Henry Waxman, and ...
Bipartisanship Lives! Eshoo Amendment Embraced by GOP in “Alternative” Health Bill
Firedoglake —
... the pathway for biosimilars! They took this one division of the Democratic bill, and added it word for word to their own (Republican bill starting page 185 and Eshoo Amendment). I guess the only thing truly bipartisan in Washington these days is shilling for powerful industry lobbyists. It seems the one things Democrats and Republicans can agree on in health care is that lifesaving medication should be given a nearly endless monopoly period, so they are priced out of reach for many Americans in need.
Biotech Industry Needs 42 Representatives to Try to Refute Jane Hamsher
Firedoglake —
... On October 29, Jane wrote a scathing post about what Anna Eshoo’s provision to give biosimilars a route to approval would do, focusing on the 12 years–and probably more–of monopoly it would grant. ...
Do the White House and Senate Still Stand by Their “Drug Deal” with PhRMA?
Firedoglake —
... – They conned Congress into proposing unjustified, lengthy and semi-permanent “evergreening” extensions of patent and exclusivity prohibitions on generics and bio-similars (more ...
