Posted on 10/11/2017 10:06:44 AM PDT by markomalley
WASHINGTON — If House Speaker Paul Ryan comes down with the flu this winter, he and his security detail won’t be screeching off toward the closest CVS for his Tamiflu.
Instead, he can just walk downstairs and pick up the pills, part of a little-known perk open to every member of Congress, from Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell down to the newest freshman Democrat.
Nearly every day for at least two decades pharmaceutical drugs have been brought by the carload to the Capitol — an arrangement so under the radar that even pharmacy lobbyists who regularly pitch Congress on their industry aren’t aware of it.
The deliveries arrive at the secretive Office of the Attending Physician, an elaborate medical clinic where Navy doctors triage medical emergencies and provide basic health care for lawmakers who pay an annual fee of just over $600. Every one comes from Washington’s oldest community pharmacy, Grubb’s.
Mike Kim, the reserved pharmacist-turned-owner of the pharmacy, said he has gotten used to knowing the most sensitive details about some of the most famous people in Washington.
“At first it’s cool, and then you realize, I’m filling some drugs that are for some pretty serious health problems as well. And these are the people that are running the country,” Kim said, listing treatments for conditions like diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
“It makes you kind of sit back and say, ‘Wow, they’re making the highest laws of the land and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.'”
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“At first it’s cool, and then you realize, I’m filling some drugs that are for some pretty serious health problems as well. And these are the people that are running the country,” Kim said, listing treatments for conditions like diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
“It makes you kind of sit back and say, ‘Wow, they’re making the highest laws of the land and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.'”
So which members are getting Alzheimer's medications?
Free viagra huh?
Cough cough...Nancy.
Which ones aren’t? They all get Alzheimer’s once the votes are tallied.
as we’ve long suspected We need to term out, drug test, mental acuity, IQ and blood test these people once a month.
I used to have a neighborhood pharmacy that did this. The guy would even let you run a tab.
Then he got bought-up by CVS.
I suspect the list of perks is much longer and much more $$$$ than this one....
Remember the Post Office Scandal?
Thad Cochran. Nancy Pelosi. Just guessing.
if we add the stupid and the socialists we’d not have any left. Johnson (Guam will tipper) Al Green the daily impeachment call) Sheila Confederate-Lee named too many quotes to post. Waters, the daily screed who doesn’t live in her district, Lewis, senile since ehe was hit in the head in a civil rights demonstration. Pelosi do i really have to define this? Mcconnell poster boy for alzheimers and most likely to be receiving med deliveries.
That’s what I think too.
Nothing’s too good for our exempt turd blossoms.
McLame, being treated for BRAIN cancer, but still legislating and holding power over us.
I hear the congress reps only work three days/week. If so, they have plenty of time to run errands
He shouldn’t be talking like that.
I can’t tell when his brain disorder started. he always seemed bad to me.
They whole place REALLY is a swamp.
Yeah, he’s talking like someone who doesn’t have a nondisclosure agreement. By tomorrow his pharmacy will lose the Congessional business or shut up about it.
But maybe the real problem is, Nancy is getting counterfeit dementia meds from China.
If she were on the real thing, she’d be perfectly coherent. /s
The answer would be simpler if you asked which members are NOT getting Alzheimer's medications.
Bet there’s a lot of deliveries of Alzheimer’s and Viagra to Congress.
I have to admit it is good to confirm that Congress is full of half-dead and certifiably incompetent folks, BUT I am sickened at the breach of confidential information by this pharmacist. Does not Mr. Kim, both the owner and a pharmacist, realize that he is indicting the whole Congress with his big mouth? I would guess his license is on the line plus who would ever frequent his apothecary ever again? Geesh. (I hold a professional license so this bothers me more than the average bear)
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