It isn't just Bush. It is also Ted Kennedy, who along with our newly annointed Senate majority leader Dr. Frist, were co-sponsors of the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act. According to opensecrets.org (a website that tracks the buying and selling of our American government by tracking who sponsors/votes for what bills, how much money they receive from the special interests involved, etc.) Kennedy and Frist are among the top recipients of contributions from pharmaceutical manufacturers. The biotech industry considered the passage of this bill last summer their "victory of the year" because it also reauthorizes an FDA program that fast-tracks new drug applications. The program, the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, allows drug manufacturers to pay a fee to the FDA in exchange for faster approval of new drugs.

That is why THE ENTIRE WORLD'S HEALTH is being compromised by this industry, not just a few African countries suffering the most from HIV/AIDs. However, while Ted Kennedy benefits from the industry's largesse, it is really only because of his power as THE senator who has (supposedly) championed health care in the US Congress, most of the money from the health care robbers goes to Republicans. Which is why the White House demanded Frist be the new majority leader--they have a prescription drug bill for the prescription drug industry they want to pass next year. Pharmaceutical manufacturers gave more than $19 million in individual, PAC and soft money contributions in 1999-2000, 77 percent to Republicans. In 2001, the industry contributed $3.6 million, 74 percent to Republicans. Of course, the final figures aren't in yet for the most expensive mid-term elections in history in 2002.

Senator Frist can rightly be called Daddy Health Care Bucks, and we will soon be finding out why. If ever there was a reason for nationalizing the health care industry, it is the evilness (and I do mean evil) of the prescription drug cartel, holding the world's sick people hostage to their greed.