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The Impending Battle; Rationing of Lifesaving Drugs: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Editor's note: 2005 will see a concerted campaign for government action to "bring down" the price of prescription drugs, probably by directing the government to "negotiate" prices for those covered by Medicare. Nobody wants to pay more, so what could be wrong with that?
Actually, a great deal is wrong, as the following Q & A will make clear. It is, in fact, no less than a matter of life and death. (A more complete Q & A can be found on NRLC's web page at www.nrlc. org.)
What do drug prices have to do with NRLC's core issues of abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia?
Since its inception, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) has been ...
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