Reply #8: I wonder if Billy

[Mel]

had to give the $ up front for his chemotherapy like my Aunt did when she had breast cancer? I bet the hell not! I hope he gets better but he don't and he won't ever 'Get It'
Billy Boy is a tool for the pharmaceutical companies.

http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/tauzin.html
Jan. 28, 2004
Public Citizen today called for an investigation into whether U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), who had a key role in writing the Medicare prescription drug law, broke House ethics rules when negotiating a lucrative job with the drug industry's top lobbying group.


Tauzin has received an offer to represent the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the drug industry's main lobbying group, which was heavily involved in the crafting of recently passed legislation to create a prescription drug benefit under Medicare.


The legislation contains key provisions beneficial to the drug industry; it subsidizes private insurers to provide prescription drug coverage to seniors - thereby increasing demand for drugs, bars the Medicare administrator from bargaining for lower drug prices and effectively prohibits the reimportation of lower-priced drugs from Canada.</snip>