AP IMPACT: Govt pays for deadly, unapproved drugs

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and FRANK BASS
AP
Monday, Nov 24, 2008

Dozens of deaths have been linked to medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found.

Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for such drugs, and millions of private patients are taking them as well.

The AP analysis found that Medicaid paid nearly $198 million from 2004 to 2007 for more than 100 unapproved drugs, mostly for common conditions such as colds and pain. Data for 2008 were not available but unapproved drugs still are being sold. The AP checked the medications against FDA databases, using agency guidelines to determine if they were unapproved. The FDA says there may be thousands of such drugs on the market.

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The medications date back decades, before the Food and Drug Administration tightened its review of drugs in the early 1960s. The FDA says it is trying to squeeze them from the market, but conflicting federal laws allow the Medicaid health program for low-income people to pay for them.

Medicaid officials acknowledge the problem, but say they need help from Congress to fix it. The FDA and Medicaid are part of the Health and Human Services Department, but the FDA has yet to compile a master list of unapproved drugs, and Medicaid — which may be the biggest purchaser — keeps paying.

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5 Responses to “AP IMPACT: Govt pays for deadly, unapproved drugs”

AmICynicalorWhat? Says:
November 24th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Notice how this article never implies any wrongdoing by the pharmaceutical industry. It doesn’t discuss its “revolving door” employment opportunities with the FDA. It probably was ghost-written by a “Big Pharma” marketing guru as their is no mention of any major drug company or popular drug.
Nicholas Peterson Says:
November 25th, 2008 at 4:22 am
I believe that this recklessness to be part of a deliberate policy of population control. Mr. Hitler was only more direct with his death camps. Those that the Holy Bible specially protects, the LORD’s poor, the widow, the orphan, the weak, the powerless in society – these are the ones particularly impacted by dangerous medicinal drugs.
Clive Says:
November 25th, 2008 at 6:47 am
I believe this is actually propaganda to remove old drugs from the market to be replaced by new drugs. Big Pharma does not just appear to be targetting food supplements and the like, but anything that has not been approved by them for sale. Very clever, but very dangerous.
birgit Says:
November 25th, 2008 at 7:08 am
None where more enslaved than those who thought they were free.
Disinfo is part of enslavement-directs and channels your thinking.
Keep it in a closely monitored box.

Stop reading, watching anything MAIN STREAM.
You know this article is B+SH!T
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