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Guaranteed Human.

The Michael Berry Show.

There's an article in the Houston Business Journal recently about John and Laura Arnold.

John Arnold is listed as the 10th richest Houstonian.

His wealth estimated to be about $3 billion. But he did not continue

upon making it big to pursue wealth. He instead started a foundation and started in a Bill

Gates sort of way looking for opportunities to use that wealth

toward policies that were important to him, that are important to him.

So I read an article about a company called Civica RX, which is a non-profit generic drug company whose intention is to keep the costs

low for pharmaceuticals for low income and high needs patients. So the article, which I should

give credit to Chris Matthews, the gentleman who wrote it, he deserves his due,

because he describes what happens. You know, for most of us, we don't know about a drug.

Obviously, we see drugs advertised on, during sporting events, seems like the number one place that they advertise drugs.

And then you pay attention to all the

horrible side effects that come from the drug but you don't think anything about a drug until your

arm swells up the size of a grapefruit or you have searing eye pain or you can't see or you're

impotent or your blood pressures through the roof and you're going to die of a stroke.

And so now you need something.

And that's when the doctor prescribes it.

And when the doctor prescribes it, you have no idea what it's going to cost when you go to pick it up.

And that's when you start looking into, you know, how much will your insurance pay for it.

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