Saturday, October 23, 2004
Vaccine Shortage? Liability and price fixing come home to roost...
An interesting point in the American Kestrel blog. Seems that 15 years ago there were plenty of companies making vaccines. If one of twenty has a contamination problem, so what? But if one of TWO does, big trouble. I would rather have twenty, but price fixing by a lawyer (Clinton) and liability lawsuits by other lawyers have made it risky and difficult to make vaccines.
I went to a national medical meeting one month after 9-11. A senator spoke to our House of Delegates. One well-meaning physician asked, "Senator, why don't you guys pass a law protecting the vaccine manufacturers so we can get smallpox vaccine produced quickly?" The senator told a story about trying to get a liability law passed protecting restaurants that donate excess food to food banks. He said the Trial Lawyers, who had never sued a restaurant, tried to derail his law. Only a threat to go to 60 minutes stopped them.
There is no prayer of Tort Reform while the Trial Lawyers own one of our political parties. Send money to the Republicans, now, so the other party gets the message that you cannot allow the special interests to run the country.
I went to a national medical meeting one month after 9-11. A senator spoke to our House of Delegates. One well-meaning physician asked, "Senator, why don't you guys pass a law protecting the vaccine manufacturers so we can get smallpox vaccine produced quickly?" The senator told a story about trying to get a liability law passed protecting restaurants that donate excess food to food banks. He said the Trial Lawyers, who had never sued a restaurant, tried to derail his law. Only a threat to go to 60 minutes stopped them.
There is no prayer of Tort Reform while the Trial Lawyers own one of our political parties. Send money to the Republicans, now, so the other party gets the message that you cannot allow the special interests to run the country.
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