Saturday, June 3, 2017

CORPORATE GREED IS KILLING CANCER PATIENTS


THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES - THE WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO RUN THEM AND THE SHAREHOLDERS WHO PROFIT FROM THEM - ARE KILLING CANCER PATIENTS WHO COULD LIVE LONG LIVES IF THEY COULD AFFORD THE NECESSARY TREATMENTS.  

THE SHAREHOLDERS ARE GUILTY OF CHARGING HUNDREDS OF TIMES WHAT CANCER MEDICATIONS SHOULD REALLY COST. 

RIGHT NOW, CANCER PATIENTS ARE DYING IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA. ONE CANCER PILL PER DAY AT $400. PER PILL. WHO CAN AFFORD IT? DONALD TRUMP?
 
TO SURVIVE, SOME PATIENTS NEED MEDICATION THAT COSTS $10,000. - TWICE A MONTH! WHY?

BECAUSE THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY HAS A PATENT AND IT CHOOSES TO CHARGE EXORBITANT PRICES. THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT - EVEN WITH CANADIAN MEDICARE - WILL NOT PAY FOR THOSE MEDICATIONS.

WHAT DOES OUR GOVERNMENT DO WITH THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY? CLEARLY THEY HAVE SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO INVEST IT IN THAN YOUR FAMILY MEMBER'S LIFE. THEY SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DECORATE OUR BRIDGES WITH PRETTY LIGHTS.

POLITICIANS LIKE TO SAY, "THIS IS NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION." THAT IS BALONEY. THERE IS ONLY ONE SOURCE OF TAX DOLLARS - THE POCKETS OF THE CITIZEN.

TODAY, I LEARNED THAT A YOUNG FATHER HAS TWO KINDS OF CANCER AND THE TREATMENT FOR ONE WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER.

IN THE PAST, THE ONCOLOGISTS WOULD TRY A COMBINATION OF DRUGS AND THEY WERE SOMETIMES ABLE TO SAVE A PATIENT'S LIFE.   A PATIENT - NOT A STATISTIC - A MOTHER, A FATHER, A CHILD, A BELOVED GRANDPARENT WHO STILL WANTS TO LIVE.

IN THE PAST, SUCH TRIALS HAVE SAVED LIVES AND RESULTED IN THE USE OF THE NEWLY TESTED DRUGS TO SAVE MANY OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. BUT THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT WILL NOT COVER THE COST.

THIS YOUNG FATHER HERE IN MONTREAL HAS BEEN TOLD THAT HE IS GOING TO DIE.

THE REASON CANCER PATIENTS ARE DYING IS BECAUSE THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES HAVE WORLD -WIDE MONOPOLIES AND CANCER PATIENTS ARE JUST STATISTICS. 

IT IS MURDER FOR PROFIT.

AND GOVERNMENTS EVERYWHERE ARE THE ACCOMPLICES IN THESE MURDERS. GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT THINGS. GOVERNMENTS ARE THE POLITICIANS, EACH ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HE OR SHE DOES OR FAILS TO DO.

IT IS HAPPENING TO FAMILIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, AGAIN AND AGAIN EVERY DAY.

IT IS HAPPENING CLOSE TO YOU TOO.

CORPORATE GREED IS KILLING CANCER PATIENTS.

ASK YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD POLITICIAN WHY YOUR BELOVED HAS TO DIE
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1 comment:

Phyllis Carter said...

THE INTERNATIONAL SCANDAL THAT KILLS PATIENTS:

Take labor rights. The US has failed to ratify the first principle of the International Labour Organization Convention, which endorses "Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise." An editorial comment in the American Journal of International Law refers to this provision of the International Labour Organization Convention as "the untouchable treaty in American politics." US rejection is guarded with such fervor, the report continues, that there has never even been any debate about the matter. The rejection of International Labour Organization Conventions contrasts dramatically with the fervor of Washington's dedication to the highly protectionist elements of the misnamed "free trade agreements," designed to guarantee monopoly pricing rights for corporations ("intellectual property rights"), on spurious grounds. In general, it would be more accurate to call these "investor rights agreements."

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/39064-noam-chomsky-the-us-health-system-is-an-international-scandal-and-aca-repeal-will-make-it-worse