Since reading, for days, about the inexpensive AIDS medicines in Thailand I am wondering why it is that the sufferers of this disease cannot get the same thing for the same cost. A question that has to make you wonder about our society, our values, and our commitment to our own. Though---as in the film On The Waterfront and others---the answer is in front of our eyes---Greed and Profiteering on those least able to resist.

A doctor in Thailand---interviewed on NPR (who formulated the meds) even flavored them for, as she stated, "...these are human beings and should be made as comfortable as possible".

So--the question again----how is it that in Thailand these patients get meds for, say, .50 a day and our people pay in excess of 25,000 dollars per year-----------------OR DIE.


Bill Hahn