Clinton Foundation schemed to keep cost of AIDS drugs high

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Clinton Foundation schemed to keep cost of AIDS drugs high

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When the Clintons are questioned about the obvious sketchiness of their foundation, they routinely cite AIDS work. But the AIDS work is carried out by CHAI ("Clinton Health Access Initiative"), a separate organization.

In one angry fax, Ira Magaziner, the head of CHAI, says the Clinton Foundation would have 40% overhead if they left out CHAI from the statistics (see pg.10 of attachment). The Clintons conflate these two organizations and they know it. Here is an email from Podesta where he admits he, "mixed CHAI and CF together" on a television appearance defending the foundation. Tina Flournoy, an aide to Bill Clinton, worried that the foundation was constantly "using CHAI stats." Craig Minassian, an employee of the Clinton Foundation, dismissed those concerns by noting "the HIV/AIDS work hits home in a way that other stats don’t."

But now, with this new email, reveals the true nature of CHAI's work. CHAI contracted with Big Pharma companies for AIDS drugs to be distributed in developing countries. This contract specified that AIDS drugs would be provided for a significant discount to CHAI. Getting the drugs at a large discount acts like a direct donation to CHAI. The Clintons reap all of the PR benefits which they use to defend themselves. Otherwise the Clintons would have no defense when the issue of the Clinton Foundation corruption is raised.

But why is this arrangement beneficial for Big Pharma? They could easily distribute drugs to the developing world themselves. Many pharma companies already have programs where they tightly monitor and control the distribution of drugs (REMS) and programs that allow them to distribute to the less fortunate (Pfizer Rx Assistance Programs). Why then, do they need to go through the Clintons?
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