Sounds somewhat similar to Canada's plan. Though we don't cover teeth or eyes, for reasons I can't fathom.
As far as drug patents go, I like it in theory, but what I would be worried about is drug companies using addictive additives to "hook" people before their patent ran out. Kinda like Effexxor does. They claim it's so you won't forget to take pills...and it works in the capacity, if I forget a day, I get SICK!!!
but that's not really nice when I'm somewhere where I can't get access to these precious (and expensive - - my dosage is about $3 a day) little red pills.
That said, here in Canada, as long as a drug company holds a patent (before the generic version of the drug comes out) the company has to make available "compassionate doses", which is how I get my drugs, free, through my doctor.
Since Effexxor is about to go generic, I'll probably do what I did when Zoloft went generic and switch to something newer and less well tested...just call me a working class guinea pig.
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Date: 2007-03-14 03:55 pm (UTC)As far as drug patents go, I like it in theory, but what I would be worried about is drug companies using addictive additives to "hook" people before their patent ran out. Kinda like Effexxor does. They claim it's so you won't forget to take pills...and it works in the capacity, if I forget a day, I get SICK!!!
but that's not really nice when I'm somewhere where I can't get access to these precious (and expensive - - my dosage is about $3 a day) little red pills.
That said, here in Canada, as long as a drug company holds a patent (before the generic version of the drug comes out) the company has to make available "compassionate doses", which is how I get my drugs, free, through my doctor.
Since Effexxor is about to go generic, I'll probably do what I did when Zoloft went generic and switch to something newer and less well tested...just call me a working class guinea pig.