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Fresh Paint
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
 
Unelectable, Unfortunately
Yahoo! News - Clinton, UN Announce Cheap Generic AIDS Drug Plan

For a moment it felt like the sun had come out and it was all a bad dream and Bill and Hillary and Chelsea and Socks the Cat were all walking toward the White House together and everything was going to be just fine.
In a clear jab at the U.S. government, they said they had negotiated discounts of 50 percent or more on HIV (news - web sites) diagnostic tests and on drugs whose safety has been questioned by the Bush Administration.
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"We're talking of fixed-dose combinations of generic drugs, pre-qualified by the World Health Organization (news - web sites), to be purchased overwhelmingly from generic companies based in India, at prices as low as $140 per person per year."

This is about a third to one-half of the lowest, discounted price now offered. In contrast, HIV cocktails can cost more than $10,000 a year when made with name-brand drugs in industrialized countries.
Must Democratic ex-Presidents do all the heavy lifting for this administration?

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