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Why is Big Pharma Increasing Your Medicine Prices?
The US pays more for medical drugs that in any country in the world. Health in the US is all about making a profit and drug prices have increased dramatically since Trump become president. Drug…
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New Petition Aims to Regulate Guns Like We Regulate Cars
Could guns be regulated like cars? Would you feel safer if gun owners would need to be licensed, guns would have to be incurred, and a line of ownership kept? David Swanson joins Thom Hartmann…
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The Perils of Partnership Industry Influence, Institutional Integrity, and Public Health
GUEST: Jonathan H. Marks, director of the Bioethics Program at Penn State University, and affiliate faculty in Law and International Affairs. He is also an academic member of Matrix Chambers, London and Geneva, a leading…
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Activists Demand That AMA Support Medicare For All
GUEST: Connie Huynh, Health Care for All campaign director with People's Action. BACKGROUND: Activists demanding Medicare-for-All disrupted the annual meeting of the American Medical Association on Saturday in Chicago. Dozens of members of groups like…
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Going Vegan Can Save the Planet, What's Stopping You?
What Would Prevent You From Going Vegan If It both Saved the World & Your Body? Want to save the world, save some money, and live a few years longer than you might otherwise? You…
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Medicare For All Popularity Grows in Congress
Medicare for All has more support and momentum now than at any other time in this country's history. Congressmember Pramila Jayapal joins the program to discuss the growing popularity of Medicare for all means for…
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Washington State Ends Personal Vaccine Exemptions
The anti-vaccine movement takes a hit as Washington state ends its policy of allowing parents to refuse to vaccinate their children based on personal or "philosophical" reasons. But David Pakman argues this policy change doesn't…
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How Poor FDA Oversight and Fraud in Generic Drug Industry Threaten Patients’ Health
Generic drugs account for 90% of all prescriptions filled in the U.S., most of them made in plants in India and China. Generic drugs can be more affordable, but in her new explosive book Bottle…
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Americans Are Crossing Borders to Afford Healthcare
Healthcare in the United States is so expensive that some Americans grateful to be in Mexico when they face life-threatening illnesses. Caller Nicholas tells the story of the difference in healthcare cost between the US…
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Alabama Passes Near Total Ban on Abortion as Part of “Stealth Campaign” to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Alabama lawmakers voted to effectively ban abortion Tuesday, passing the most restrictive anti-choice law in the country in a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. The bill approved by the Senate Tuesday and the Alabama…
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As EPA Insists Weed Killer Roundup Is Safe, Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay $2B to Couple With Cancer
U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay its highest damages yet in a massive lawsuit over the popular weedkiller Roundup. A jury ordered Monsanto to pay more than $2 billion in punitive damages…
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Massive Lawsuit Says Big Pharma Is Price-Fixing Drugs
The state of Connecticut is leading a nation-wide lawsuit against the world's biggest generic drug manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals and a number of other drug makers alleging a pervasive system of price-fixing. The lawsuit goes back…
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Trump Will Require Big Pharma to List Prices in Ads
The Trump administration will soon require pharmaceutical companies (Big Pharma) to state the prices of medications they advertise in their TV commercials.
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Caravan of Americans Crossing Border (Into Canada) for Healthcare
A caravan of Americans is crossing the border, into Canada, to obtain healthcare and medications at more reasonable prices.
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