81. Democrats are now also invoking California to argue for price controls. 82. Democrats argued that Bush, by refusing to impose price controls, was allowing out-of-state generators based mostly in Texas to gouge California consumers. 83. Defending his price controls, Lebed said they were needed to head off a wave of frenzied buying by consumers desperate to stock up before prices soared even further. 84. Distributors are also subject to price controls. 85. Drug manufacturers said they did not believe the assurances of administration officials that the proposal would not lead to price controls on drugs. 86. Drug price controls are being whispered about again. 87. Drugs manufactured in the United States are often cheaper in Canada because of government-imposed price controls. 88. Earnings in Brazil were weak, Huber acknowledged, reflecting a recession there and price controls, which Aetna said were temporary. 89. Does that tell us whether current profit margins are justified, whether price controls are needed, or what effect such intervention would have on drug development trends? 90. Economists expect China to loosen price controls on grain this year, adding several percentage points to the benchmark inflation rate. |