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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON NRLC'S OPPOSITION TO DRUG PRICE CONTROLS.(National Right to Life Committee)
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June 01, 2004 |
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Why is a pro-life organization concerned about price controls for drugs?
Since its inception, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) has been committed to protecting the right to life from conception until natural death, which means that we have fought just as strongly against infanticide and euthanasia as we have against abortion. In particular, we have strongly opposed involuntary denial of lifesaving medical treatment through rationing.
In 1994 we opposed the Clinton Health Care Plan's proposed insurance premium price controls because they would have forced rationing. In 1995-2003, during the congressional debate over Medicare restructuring, we ...
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