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?
“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.”
Lorraine Kiel • Homemaker
“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.”
Keith Fowler • Cab Driver
“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.”
Walter Moore • Pharmaceutical CEO
“I think what’s getting lost in this whole debate is this: Taking drugs is
Liz Putnam • Librarian
“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.”
Rajeev Gopindar • Cashier
“Maybe it’s good that I can’t afford anti- psychotic medication. It frees me up to plan the assassination of Deputy Dawg.”
Bob Sharperson • Systems Analyst
