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> >> >> ? Shame on you American Taxpayers, you have your heads up your asses!
> >> It has always been my contention that if you are on welfare you should not
> >> have
> >> cable television or a cell phone.
> >> ?I saw a billboard this morning that said free cell phone.
> >> ?I had to look it upwww.safelink.com
> >> SAFELINK WIRELESS? service is U.S. government supported program for Income
> >> eligible households provided by TracFone Wireless, Inc. In order to
> >> participate in the SAFELINK WIRELESS? service, persons must meet certain
> >> eligibility requirements set by each State where the service is to be
> >> provided. These requirements are based on a person's participation in a
> >> state or Federal support programs or by meeting the Income Poverty
> >> Guidelines as defined by the U.S. Government.
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> >You might as well as drug companies to your list then.
> >They too offer "free, or nearly free" medications to stave off
> >congressional intervention into their pricing.
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> >Ditto for WalMart, which (among other retailers) offer "hundreds of
> >prescriptions" at $4 for a 30-day supply (or some variation on that
> >theme). They then tout how much $$ folks are saving as a result.
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> >Problem is: While it's "hundreds of prescriptions", it's not hundreds
> >of actual drugs because each dose and pill type (pill, liquid, etc..)
> >is counted as a separate "prescription". So a 50mg tablet, a 100 mg
> >tablet, and a 200 mg tablet of the SAME drug count as three towards
> >the claim!
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> >Also, at $4, who's really saving?
> >A lot of people have insurance, with co-pays that are greater than
> >this amount.
> >In a way, you're making people pay for what they're not getting (think
> >about it).
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> >Finally, of those $4 prescriptions (in all their many forms), you can
> >bet the majority of them are cheap medications to begin with. I'm
> >sure the more expensive medications are NOT included in the plans.
> >Bottom line: The dollars that are claimed to have been saved by
> >consumers is mostly comprised of "funny money".
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> If you were poor and had no or bad health insurance, and you needed a
> generic drug for your blood pressure or some unpleasant chronic
> problem, you'd be delighted to get it for $4 a month. I sure would.
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> Wal-Mart is great.
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> John
You have a Wal-Mart in San Francisco now?
??? !!! !!!
Michael