Are pharmicists really the new drug dealers?

Don’t get me wrong, their are plenty of above-the-board pharmacies and pharmicists that practice ethical standards but this recent story saddens me. It seems that a Nashville pharmacist has been sentenced for the unlawful distribution of the narcotic hydrocodone and filing false income tax returns. I’m sure the IRS raised a red flag on him before the “medical police” noticed it. We know the IRS is looking for some extra revenue to cover their trillion dollar deficit this year. The IRS would love if they could tax canada drugs too.

Doctor selling Hydrocodone gets caught

According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 74-year-old Glenn Brooks purchased almost two million hydrocodone and Lortab pills in 2005 and 2006 for his Brooks Pharmacy. He then sold many of the pills for cash to people without valid prescriptions. (Lortab is hydrocodone with acetaminophen.) I believe that online pharmacies are probably more reputable than in person ones now.  The online guys in the US and Canada have even more legal loopholes to get through than the average pharmaceutical business does.

Proposed Health Care reform will not cut costs? Or will it?

When costs are projected by government “committees” they are rarely accurate. Remeber the “cash for clunkers” program that ran out of money in 4 weeks instead of the projected 1 year after 250,000 vehicles were sold using the program. Why should I trust these guys?

With Democrats increasingly confident that they can pass major health care legislation this year, some of the nation’s foremost experts are warning that the emerging bills do not do enough quickly to knock out soaring medical costs & costs for medical supplies — the biggest problem facing the majority of Americans, who already have insurance.

As Congress prepares for heated floor debate (the Senate Finance Committee is expected to approve its bill on Tuesday), the experts, including policy analysts, hospital executives and current and former health officials, say lawmakers must make crucial changes.

Their are always free/low cost options with public healthcare

They urge adjusting the legislation to reshape more aggressively the health system, from one that overly rewards quantity of care to one that promotes high-quality, cost-efficient treatment that will save lives and money.