Re: should vital/ life saving drugs be taxed

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Taxes on medicines contribute a meagre amount to the Govt exchequer.

Giving piece meal tax releief to antcancer or HIV medicines is

discriminatory. Why should certain diseases be preferred and others

neglected for extending the benefits? If it is is life saving

medicine then it must get same (tax) relief. Let it not be at the

whims of bureaucrats and politicians what to tax and what to leave

(like the movies).

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> heloo to everyone,

> I m Dr Siddharth Deshpande .. JR1 at GMC Nagpur.

> I m new to this group.. but still I wish to express my opinion on

> this topic..

> I feel the answer should be NO and YES both.

> No because due to taxes the price of the drug increases , as it

is

> the cost price of the drugs are quite substantial if we look from

> the poor man' perspective..,

> BUT if we think from the point of view of the govt. taxes are an

> important source of its income..

> What the govt. can do is give the drugs to people from below

> poverty line(BPL) at a very subsidised rate.. it can be provided

> them at govt. hospitals, or why not from the local chemist if the

> person show his BPL card .. and the govt can bear the extra costs

> and pay the chemist just like the public distribution system and

> have an effective regulatory system in place.

> For that to happen there should be political will and public

> support , which i think is not lacking.. considering we r

discussing

> this topic in our group n the loads of articals in newspaperes.

> even the govt. is taking effective steps in this regard by

reducing

> the taxes on drugs for hiv/aids and cancer in the latest general

> budget,

> and again why not tax the rich they have enough money (black n

> white)to spend on vital medicines which ll save their lives.

> these are some of the things that I wish to say..

> regard ,

> Siddharth Deshpande.

> GMC Nagpur.

>