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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <http://www.consumerwellness.org> Dear Readers, Rather than working to protect the interests of their constituents, 28 U.S. senators are actively voting to maintain a Big Pharma monopoly in the United States -- the country where consumers pay the highest prices in the world for drugs. These 28 senators apparently do not believe in free trade or even free market competition when it comes to medicines, but they do believe in protecting the powerful corporations that give them money for reelection campaigns. The issue at hand is the Dorgan amendment to S.1082 (the hotly-debated FDA act). Dorgan proposed an amendment last week that would break Big Pharma's monopoly and allow consumers, cities, states and businesses to price shop for medicines imported from Canada, Europe, Japan and other approved countries. But 28 senators opposed it, voting to defend the current Big Pharma monopoly where some drugs are marked up more than 500,000% over the cost of their ingredients. (That's not a typo.) Our feature article today lists the names of these 28 senators who voted against the "free trade" amendment along with the names of 9 who didn't vote at all. Plus, you'll read comments explaining why this amendment is so dangerous to the profiteering drug racket currently operated by Big Pharma and the FDA. Click the headline below for the full story... <http://www.newstarget.com/021831.html> Health: 28 Senators vote to maintain Big Pharma monopoly over U.S. consumers; Republicans oppose free trade for medicine <http://www.newstarget.com/021831.html> On May 3rd, 2007, U.S. Senators voted on an amendment to the 2007 Prescription Drug User Fee bill that aims to reform the FDA and enhance drug safety. This amendment, known as the "Dorgan Amendment No. 990," threatened to break Big Pharma's monopoly over... To your health and freedom, - Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
