Trump signs 'Right to Try,' says it will save 'tremendous number of lives'

[libertybele]

You can bet the paperwork is thick and comprehensive.  When has that ever stopped litigation?

I think it would also be prudent to see exactly how the bill is worded. My hunch is that there is a clause protecting the pharmaceutical companies and others involved from facing litigation.

[INVAR]

Let the people try and decide for themselves without waiting for permission from Government is precisely what actual Conservatives believe in.

We do not want to live by leave of the state, or have our choices limited to what Government says they must be limited to.

[libertybele]

Let the people try and decide for themselves without waiting for permission from Government is precisely what actual Conservatives believe in.

We do not want to live by leave of the state, or have our choices limited to what Government says they must be limited to.

 

[EasyAce]

This is a good thing.  Some people want to try and they should be able to.

@Emjay
I'd been hopeful that he would sign the bill from the moment it got all the way through Congress. This is a good thing no matter how anyone slices it. The government should not be the alpha and omega of someone's medical and pharmaceutical treatment.

[LauraTXNM]

Thank you, President Trump ;).

[edpc]

I think it would also be prudent to see exactly how the bill is worded. My hunch is that there is a clause protecting the pharmaceutical companies and others involved from facing litigation.

Signed, sealed, and delivered laws have a way of getting challenged and finding their way to SCOTUS.  It happens a lot.

[edpc]

We do not want to live by leave of the state, or have our choices limited to what Government says they must be limited to.

Conservatives also don't believe in anarchy.  There's a good reason why the FDA was established.  Are they capable of overreach?  Of course, but you'd better have someone with authority keeping watch.  The BS pulled by Elizabeth Holmes is a current, prime example.  She should be in prison.

[roamer_1]

There are very natural cures that people have been imprisoned for helping others with.  I use all natural for my cancer.  Have taken much flack from the medical community who immediately wanted to put a port into me and force chemo down it.  To me drugs like chemo and radiation are the last nail in your coffin.  I am doing well.  Praise God!

That's right - I suppose I was heading toward terminal if I would have kept going at it like the docs proscribed.

But a miracle, a Christian Cheyenne medicine man, and a gal with deep training in natural medicine put me on a different path. No more pills, no more side effects... just recovery. In leaps and bounds.

I will be very happy for folks if this actually allows the practice of alt med and breaks the stranglehold of western medicine.

Very happy to hear of your recovery @Chosen Daughter . YHWH is so good.
 

[roamer_1]

Thank you, President Trump ;).

YEP This is a good thing - and credit where it's due (if in fact, true).

[libertybele]

Thank you, President Trump ;).

Ditto.   

[LauraTXNM]

And I'm really thankful and glad for all of you cancer survivors ;). 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

We are talking end of life, terminal illness.  Not treating someone with an experimental drug on a whim. You are forgetting that the family is also a witness to watching their loved one battle a terminal illness and knowing that no drug worked and that the drug in question was a last resort.  The lawyers would have to prove that the drug killed the family member and not the illness. In reality, because no other drug worked, the illness progressed and the family member consented to using an experimental drug.  If that experimental drugs was also unable to stop the progression of the illness, then the illness  caused the death of the patient.  No lawsuit.

The lawyers don't have to prove anything.  They have to make the jury feel sorry for the deceased and their family, suggest that "someone" needs to do something, and point out that the pharma company has lots of money.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

This is a good thing.  Some people want to try and they should be able to.

@Emjay Agreed.  This is a good thing.

cleared the House last week on a party-line vote of 250-169

Most of the rats don't recognize it as good, or their hatred of President Trump compels them to act against their nature.  This makes it very hard to pass any legislation.  I'm pleasantly surprise to see effective legislation given the obstacles President Trump has placed in front of Congress.

[LauraTXNM]

@Emjay Agreed.  This is a good thing.
Most of the rats don't recognize it as good, or their hatred of President Trump compels them to act against their nature.  This makes it very hard to pass any legislation.  I'm pleasantly surprise to see effective legislation given the obstacles President Trump has placed in front of Congress.

@Once-Ler, But the GOP has majorities in both Houses -- they shouldn't need any Democratic votes to pass legislation ;).

[aligncare]

You can bet the paperwork is thick and comprehensive.  When has that ever stopped litigation?

So, who owns your life? You, or the state? And how is your position on this issue consistent with individual liberty and individual sovereignty?

[edpc]

So, who owns your life? You, or the state? And how is your position on this issue consistent with individual liberty and individual sovereignty?

It would seem as though whatever pharma company the individual would sign up with would own their life.  After all, you’ll need to follow their protocols to receive the care.  They’re not just giving out pills and saying ‘tell us how it works out.’

[Polly Ticks]

Let the people try and decide for themselves without waiting for permission from Government is precisely what actual Conservatives believe in.

We do not want to live by leave of the state, or have our choices limited to what Government says they must be limited to.

Good summation.

On this issue, mark me down as "Pro Choice".

[Chosen Daughter]

I refused chemo and radiation, but I did elect surgery to remove my tumor. I used my version of Gerson for the 7 months it took oncologists to decide my cancer diagnosis.

I didn't follow exactly Gerson.  But have mixed lots of juicing, anti cancer foods and natural supplements.  Eating healthy.  Vitamin C.  Essiac..........etc.  And most of all recognition of Gods healing power.

My CEA has stay under 1.5, and blood work is excellent.  Have had tests and no sign of cancer.

And I am enjoying life.  I know I wouldn't be with chemo.  I have seen too many people decline rapidly once they start chemo.

[Chosen Daughter]

That's right - I suppose I was heading toward terminal if I would have kept going at it like the docs proscribed.

But a miracle, a Christian Cheyenne medicine man, and a gal with deep training in natural medicine put me on a different path. No more pills, no more side effects... just recovery. In leaps and bounds.

I will be very happy for folks if this actually allows the practice of alt med and breaks the stranglehold of western medicine.

Very happy to hear of your recovery @Chosen Daughter . YHWH is so good.
 

Amen!  Thank you, and He is Good!

I don't like to take anything.  Anyone that watches all the commercials on television should know that many medicines bring on other illnesses.

[Chosen Daughter]

And I'm really thankful and glad for all of you cancer survivors ;). 

Thank you.

[Chosen Daughter]

This is a good thing from President Trump.  I don't know if it includes natural healing.  Hope it does.

[Right_in_Virginia]

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[Maj. Bill Martin]

The lawyers don't have to prove anything.  They have to make the jury feel sorry for the deceased and their family, suggest that "someone" needs to do something, and point out that the pharma company has lots of money.

Not quite -- courts have the option to throw out cases before they even get to the jury because of a lack of a material issue of fact.  Happens all the time.  Sometimes it even goes to trial, and the verdict gets tossed because there isn't sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict.

[libertybele]

Let's see President Trump has now handed patients another choice and some additional hope vs. idiots suing because their loved one opted for another chance at life.  Really?  This is a no-brainer.  All the liberal idiots who don't want to acknowledge what President Trump has given them can whine and complain while the rest of us may just see our loved one's life extended are even cured of their disease.   

We should ALL have a choice to seek whatever medicines may help our illnesses; whether it be man-made or natural substances.  Certainly above all else PRAY for healing!

[GrouchoTex]

This is a good thing.

I am puzzled that so many conservatives, who say they want less government intrusion, and more freedoms restored, would be against this.
If this is anti-Trump, or anti-congress, or anti-pharma, I'd say that's give it a shot first.

This is the right thing to do, they did well here.