“Appeasement rarely works as a conflict resolution strategy… When a bully asks for your lunch money, you have no choice but to fork it over. But cutting a deal with a bully is a different story, particularly if the ‘deal’ means helping him steal others’ money as the price of protecting your own.”
— Letter from John Boehner to Billy Tauzin, head of PhRMA
Big PhRMA should be nervous. Very nervous.
I agree with Ken. They were going to sell the rest of us out so they could make a few extra bucks. Now their neck should be on the chopping block.
Big Pharma isn’t the only industry that attempted to bargain for a better deal by supporting health reform. Most didn’t actually get what they bargained for.
Judy is right on. PhRMA was willing to sell out doctors, hospitals, patients, you name it — so long as the drug comapnies got their 30 piece of silver.
Whatever happens to the drug companies will be well deserved. Unfortunately, it will probably have negative impact on the rest of us as well.
This will all fall back on the consumer. Remember we are talking about corporations. Nothing comes out of their pocket, just ours.