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The demise of Enos and the failures of Andrews!
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<blockquote data-quote="stephenT2" data-source="post: 137139" data-attributes="member: 10273"><p>Wow, this is indeed a very lonely soapbox, but I suppose I should have guessed as such.</p><p></p><p>In this country, we are all amazingly cushioned from the real cost of healthcare by the NHS. If we had to go to Boots every month and hand over £85 for a Byetta pen, or £100 for a months Metformin (60g), many of us would not only be incapable of paying such sums, but would be horrified if the price then suddenly rose by 150%.</p><p></p><p>The NHS is so huge, and unwieldy, it allows drug companies to take advantage and arbitrarily set the price to basically whatever they can get away with. Last year alone, in one of the toughest recession years in living memory, GlaxoSmithKline made<strong> £8.7Billion</strong> in 2009!!</p><p></p><p><strong>That’s nearly £9,000,000,000 PROFIT!</strong> Which I find impossible to comprehend.</p><p></p><p>(or nearly 900,000 x £10,000 cars!)</p><p>(or nearly 200,000 doctors/year!)</p><p></p><p>Yes, I know, raising the price of Enos to the consumer by 150% is very small change in the grand scheme of things, but the lack of anger, passion, or indeed ‘who gives a ****’ from people is overwhelming. No wonder pharmaceutical companies screw us over on a daily basis.</p><p></p><p>If petrol went up tomorrow by the same amount, it would then cost £3/liter (that’s £13.60/gallon - £140 to full up an average car).</p><p></p><p>I’m guessing there would be rioting in the streets, wouldn’t there? Or would we just sit down and say, oh well, lets eat more chips, I believe we can use the leftover oil to run our cars.</p><p></p><p>There, rant over, I'm away for a nice refreshing glass of Enos <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stephenT2, post: 137139, member: 10273"] Wow, this is indeed a very lonely soapbox, but I suppose I should have guessed as such. In this country, we are all amazingly cushioned from the real cost of healthcare by the NHS. If we had to go to Boots every month and hand over £85 for a Byetta pen, or £100 for a months Metformin (60g), many of us would not only be incapable of paying such sums, but would be horrified if the price then suddenly rose by 150%. The NHS is so huge, and unwieldy, it allows drug companies to take advantage and arbitrarily set the price to basically whatever they can get away with. Last year alone, in one of the toughest recession years in living memory, GlaxoSmithKline made[b] £8.7Billion[/b] in 2009!! [b]That’s nearly £9,000,000,000 PROFIT![/b] Which I find impossible to comprehend. (or nearly 900,000 x £10,000 cars!) (or nearly 200,000 doctors/year!) Yes, I know, raising the price of Enos to the consumer by 150% is very small change in the grand scheme of things, but the lack of anger, passion, or indeed ‘who gives a ****’ from people is overwhelming. No wonder pharmaceutical companies screw us over on a daily basis. If petrol went up tomorrow by the same amount, it would then cost £3/liter (that’s £13.60/gallon - £140 to full up an average car). I’m guessing there would be rioting in the streets, wouldn’t there? Or would we just sit down and say, oh well, lets eat more chips, I believe we can use the leftover oil to run our cars. There, rant over, I'm away for a nice refreshing glass of Enos :D [/QUOTE]
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