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Big Pharma’s Devious Fight Against Fixing Healthcare

Big Pharma’s Devious Fight Against Fixing Healthcare

Posted by | Feb 26, 2017 | , , , |

On Thursday, ProRepublica and Consumer Reports published a detailed look into the lengths the major pharmaceutical companies will go to in order to keep their treatments overpriced. From cornering the market on subject-matter experts who testify in front of Congress to paying for and influencing the studies that promote the efficacy of their drugs, big pharma is working hard to prevent competition, innovation, and public policy change that would hurt their bottom line. In January, President Trump pledged to help lower the cost of prescription medications saying, “we have to get prices down. We have no choice.” Unfortunately, he made...

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Trump’s Insane Presser: ‘Drugs Are Becoming Cheaper Than Candy Bars’ – Majority Report

Trump’s Insane Presser: ‘Drugs Are Becoming Cheaper Than Candy Bars’ – Majority Report

Posted by | Feb 19, 2017 | , , |

In this Majority Report clip, Donald Trump is getting through the “boring part” of his press conference, during which he has to look at talking points that presumably made some kind of sense before he started talking about them. Here he brings up his favorite example of a dystopian nightmare, Chicago, where drugs are now cheaper than candy bars and cartels are running the streets and everything’s horrible. Meanwhile, big pharma is flooding the country with opioids and everyone is going to lose the insurance that allows them to (sometimes) pay for drugs that they...

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Justice For Ohio Valley Citizens Comes In Huge DuPont Settlement

Justice For Ohio Valley Citizens Comes In Huge DuPont Settlement

Posted by | Feb 17, 2017 | , , , |

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio & Sam Seder talk about the latest legal settlement with DuPont for the poisoning of citizens by dumping C8 into the Ohio River that ended up in people’s drinking water. Transcription of the above video: Sam: Pap, before we start talking about the topic that we had wanted to touch on I just wanted to get an update because I know that this is … Well, we’ve come to I guess the end of the road on this incredible case that you have been trying over the past now, it feels like two years....

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Obama: After Tuesday, Federal Marijuana Prohibition Is Likely On the Way Out

Obama: After Tuesday, Federal Marijuana Prohibition Is Likely On the Way Out

Posted by | Nov 5, 2016 | |

According to the President, the enforcement of federal marijuana prohibitions will likely no longer be possible after the general election on Tuesday. On Friday, President Barack Obama sat down with Bill Maher and discussed a litany of topics, including the growing legalization of marijuana across the country. Maher noted that several states have various legalization measures on their ballot, and the president noted that if all of them pass, a full 1/5 of the nation will have legal marijuana laws on their books. In this state, Obama said, the federal government will need to reassess their role in drug...

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Falling Down On The Job: Drug Companies Allow Controlled Substances to Wind Up in the Hands of Street Dealers

Falling Down On The Job: Drug Companies Allow Controlled Substances to Wind Up in the Hands of Street Dealers

Posted by | Oct 27, 2016 | , , , |

It seemed like a good idea at the time: instead of going after people who participate in the black market for prescription narcotics, the Drug Enforcement Agency decided to target the drug manufacturers and force them to monitor their wholesale distributors. Their logic: if drug companies kept track of their own shipments and maintained close supervision over the shipping and distribution, it would be easier to prevent those prescriptions from falling into the hands of street dealers and addicts. In most cases, the strategy actually worked. However, at least 13 drug wholesale companies fell down on the job. As...

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