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A Call to Action

August 10, 2007

I’ve written some news items here before about the Children’s Health Insurance program, its necessary expansion, and its hold up on the hill by the right.

I’ve come across a link worth checking out. Covertheuninsured.ord is a website with facts, figures, guidance, and local events across the country. It can tell you who to write, how to get involved, and if you are in need, how to get your child covered.

There are other Pharmacy blogs out there that piss and moan about people on a sate assistance health program and all the drugs that their taxes have to pay for. These are mostly by Pharmacists who can, more than likely, afford insurance for their family.

Then they fire back with “if you can’t afford to raise children then don’t have one” and some other small minded one sided response. And I am sure that their rants are directed at a small percentage of the population, not entire amount of people on these programs. But, a nice and polite hard working Medicaid patient just doesn’t make for good blog fodder, now does it?

Bottom line, these programs are important. Children have the right to health coverage. In my opinion, every working American does.

Written by fred · Filed Under Opinion 

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One Response to “A Call to Action”

  1. Rhonda Hamel on October 18th, 2007 7:07 pm

    I bought the starter kit with the 150 tabs. I am nearing the end of the 150 tabs and cannot find anywhere to buy just the capsules … just the kits. There is the smaller kit and there is the larger pill kit. I do not want to be paying for a pill holder, booklets and the quick reference plastic connected with a chainlink.
    I have done very well with the weight loss plan and excersize along with the pills and have lost 18 lbs and don’t want to gain it back just because there is no one that carries just the refill bottle.
    I called your 800 number and they told me that they could not tell me who handles the refillable bottles of Alli and that I could not order it from you.
    What is the deal anyway? Are you fixing to take it off the market? I need to know something one way or another.
    Rhonda Hamel
    rhonda.hamel45@comcast.net
    503-723-0892
    PO Box 762
    Oregon City, OR 97045

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