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pat_k

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1. I don't think you could pay me to take a drug approved under these new supposedly speedier processes.

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:12 AM

20 hrs ago

Perhaps if it's the only thing available to treat a terminal illness. But I just don't know. Whatever the processes are on paper, it all seems to end up being some pay to play scheme with everything this regime does.

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