Because of the compassion shown by the pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer, many of the newly-unemployed will now be eligible to receive free viagra as well as a host of other medications.
The AP story reports that "Pfizer Inc. said Thursday it will give away more than 70 of its most widely prescribed drugs, including Lipitor and Viagra, for up to a year to people who have lost jobs since Jan. 1 and have been taking the drug for three months or more. The announcement comes as the unemployment rate topped 8.9 percent in April."
This is very good news. It's reassuring to know that a guy who loses his job and then has his house foreclosed will still have a place to hang his hat.
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"This is going to go down as a Harvard Business School textbook example of what to do with product when you can't sell it."Good to know that Pfizer also is giving away contraceptives. Plus the unusually thoughtful Pfizer gets tax deductions that will cover virtually every dollar of its generosity.
It's not quite the universal health care I had imagined, but it's a start. As every aspect of the US economy seizes up, Big Pharma now is willing to give away that which it can't sell.
I was encouraged by hearing Charles Schumer lay out in explicit terms how the insurance industry shafts the public.
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