Friday, October 27, 2006

Meeting customer demand

The Wall Street Journal article, Wal-Mart Generic-Drug Plan Is Extended to 12 More States, is a great follow up to last night’s entry. This is what we mean when we say everyone needs to step up to the plate and help provide affordable healthcare (including prescription drugs) to our nation.

About a month ago, Wal-Mart announced they were offering a program where generic drugs would be $4. Now due to consumer demand, they have decided to “accelerate the launch of the low-priced prescriptions.” There will now be 27 states that will have the $4 generic prescription drug plan

… because of consumer demand.

The high consumer demand is not surprising. Considering the high costs of brand name prescription drugs, we all need affordable medications, especially those without health insurance (all 47M of them).

We wonder who will be the next to step up to the plate.

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