Tag: drug prices
Lawsuit by 44 states accuses pharma giants of ‘multi-year conspiracy’ to...
"Teva and its co-conspirators embarked on one of the most egregious and damaging price-fixing conspiracies in the history of the United States."
Sanders and Khanna unveil bill to lower drug prices to combat...
"How many people need to die, how many people need to get unnecessarily sicker before Congress is prepared to take on the greed of the prescription drug industry?"
Big Pharma’s charging you 10,000 times more for these pills
This is a serious problem for many of those suffering from neglected tropical diseases in the U.S. who are unable to afford the medications they need.
How taxpayer money provides the research for Big Pharma
Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma’s profits, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford the drugs?
Tom Price intervened on rule that would hurt drug profits, the...
While in Congress, HHS Secretary Tom Price acted to help kill a rule that would hurt drug company profits shortly after his broker bought him up to $90,000 worth of pharmaceutical stock.
STUDY: How TV news ignores the prescription drug price problem
A Media Matters review of weekday evening news coverage reveals the evening programs largely ignored the problem of escalating prescription drug prices.
These 13 Democrats joined with the GOP to defeat Bernie Sanders’...
There is something seriously iffy about the Democrats that voted “nay.”
Cigna drops EpiPen as CVS sells less expensive generic
“The Democratic Party has got to stand up to the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.”
Drug prices likely to rise in Trump Administration
If drug costs continue to rise, it’s a good bet that Pharma will benefit far more than people with Medicare.
Big Pharma Preps to Spend Hundreds of Millions to Keep Drug...
"PhRMA's decision to hike membership dues 50 percent will increase the trade group's considerable coffers to more than $300 million per year," Politico reports
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Honey bee colony decline to impact agriculture production in 2025
Commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60 and 70 percent up from 40 and 50 percent in the past decade.
Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC’s Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump’s...
One of the most closely watched races in the midterm elections is in Michigan between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed is a former public health official who is campaigning on a platform of Medicare for All, ending military aid to Israel, and getting corporate money out of politics. Rogers is a former Republican congressman backed by President Trump.
If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate. During Wednesday’s debate in Michigan, Rogers repeated the claim, without providing evidence, that El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed has repeatedly denied the accusation.
“If Abdul El-Sayed wins, it will be a reminder that the left can win in a swing state like Michigan,” says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief of Zeteo. “And it will be actually a moment to say, 'You know what? Americans rejected Islamophobia.
Analysis estimates 1.5 million Latinos have lost SNAP benefits since the tax law passed
Texas and Arizona account for more than 596,000 of the estimated losses in the seven states the groups examined, and the method assumes every enrollee was equally likely to be cut.
Will America reactivate its decency gene, closing the spigot of scorched-earth MAGA schemes?
Only a midterm rout turns back the suicidal, corruption-laden Trump bulldozer, ploughing ahead (crypto, emoluments, inflation, blackmail, AI) to enrich the rich by impoverishing the poor