May 09, 2007

NewsTarget Insider Alert (www.NewsTarget.com)


Dear Readers,

Last week's celebration over an amendment to S.1082 that would have broken Big Pharma's monopoly on drug prices was, it now seems, premature. Yesterday 15 Democrats and 33 Republicans voted to nullify the Dorgan amendment with a new Cochran amendment that protects Big Pharma's monopoly and blocks all importation of drugs.

The move demonstrates that U.S. senators are effectively owned by Big Pharma and will vote to protect corporate interests, not consumers. Click the headline below for an analysis of why America is no longer a true Democracy and why U.S. lawmakers will happily allow Big Pharma to bankrupt this nation and its people...

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