Prescription-Drug Prices
Prescription-drug prices are expected to be a major issue in the 2000 presidential campaign, with most drugs costing substantially more in the U.S. than overseas. What do you think about the high cost of medication in America?
Lorraine Kiel,
Homemaker
"Actually, that's not entirely true: Kessler's Drugs is having a big sale on Tetracycline this week. There's a coupon in the Sunday Shopper."
Keith Fowler,
Cab Driver
"I blame women for the high prices. They're always needing some fancy pill for their box or for lumps in the rack or something."
Walter Moore,
Pharmaceutical CEO
"As the CEO of a major pharmaceutical firm, I can assure you that those high prices are necessary to cover the extraordinary cost of membership dues and green fees."
Liz Putnam,
Librarian
"I think what's getting lost in this whole debate is this: Taking drugs is wrong."
Rajeev Gopindar,
Cashier
“That reminds me: Do you have $217 I can borrow? I don’t have insurance, and I need something to stop all this ocular bleeding.”
Bob Sharperson,
Systems Analyst
"Maybe it's good that I can't afford anti- psychotic medication. It frees me up to plan the assassination of Deputy Dawg."
