Drug bus visits Iron Range today; hauls propaganda, drugs

From Wednesday’s Hibbing Daily Tribune:

HIBBING — Area residents who are uninsured or having difficulties financially have a way to connect with programs that provide prescription medicines at low or no cost.

The “Help Is Here Express” Bus Tour will stop in Hibbing on Thursday, May 1. From 2 to 3 p.m., the bus will be parked at Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi, helping area residents access information on available programs.

That’s right, folks. Step up to the drug company’s solution to rising prescription drug prices and the increasing unaffordability of basic medical care. It’s a big orange bus that generates media coverage! I’m sure the folks on the bus have good intentions, but one drug bus just isn’t enough to solve the systemic health care issues facing this region or the country at large.

Meantime, more practically, the Iron Range is a bastion for older folks on fixed incomes who at one time or another were part of a labor riot. That drug bus better be stocked to the hilt with free Lipitor or blood will run in the streets.

Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    I’m going to need blood pressure meds and soon. In a blink of an eye my property value went up $44,000. No kidding, I received my notice of valuation, blinked my eyes, and wha la, up it went. This strange phenomenon has been happening for the last few years. There goes my MN property tax relief.

    And think of what it would have been if Pawlenty hadn’t imposed “no new taxes”!

    Thanks Gov.

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