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In reply to the discussion: Obama Presents Top Honor to Bill Clinton [View all]Beacool
(30,524 posts)Thanks to the Clinton Foundation there are thousands of people who are alive today who wouldn't be otherwise. Do some real research on the foundation from people who don't have an axe to grind.
As for the opinion of O'Brien or any other hack, I don't give a crap what they have to say about anyone.
BTW, I wouldn't expend a considerable amount of time supporting someone who I don't personally know.
"By 2005, Bill Clinton's foundation brokered discounts from generic manufacturers in India that have reduced the cost of combination drug treatments, which can reach thousands of dollars per year in the West, to as low as $120 a year per patient. As prices fell, demand increased, yielding economies of scale that have helped lower prices further, says Michael Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria."
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_33/b4191021714150.htm
In 2001 Bill Clinton - following the end of his second term as US president - confirmed his commitment to HIV/AIDS drug provision when he established the William J. Clinton Foundation, containing an HIV/AIDS programme. Using the former Presidents contacts and knowledge, the foundation has continually worked to increase access to HIV treatment by negotiating pricing deals with drug manufacturers and working to improve health care services in developing countries. - See more at: http://www.avert.org/antiretroviral-drug-prices.htm#sthash.ITnP4kyy.dpuf
http://www.avert.org/antiretroviral-drug-prices.htm