Gilbert Gutknecht: “One of my favorite quotes from Will Rogers was: All I know is what I read in the newspapers. Sometimes I feel like Will…”

“One of my favorite quotes from Will Rogers was: All I know is what I read in the newspapers. Sometimes I feel like Will Rogers because all I know is what I read in the newspapers. Let me read some things that were in a recent column in the Congressional Quarterly, the November 1 www.cq.com edition, talking about the prescription drug bill and what may happen to Medicare. ``Some observers speculate that Medicare conferees will include language in their final report that will express support for importation, but will also make certain it never happens.'' Here is a quote from one of the lobbyists, ``You can tell them, the lawmakers, that this will only kick in after FDA has appropriated $100 million for border safety or FDA has to have counterfeit, tamperproof packaging devices in place,'' said one health care lobbyist who asked not to be named, ``Whatever that trigger is, just say it will never be met.'' In other words, pretend like we are going to do something and make sure it never happens.”