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• ABC Should Worry Less About Anchors; More About Integrity

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  For Release : Immediate Contact : David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 or e-mail dalmasi@nationalcenter.org or Judy Kent at (703) 759-7476 or or e-mail jkent@nationalcenter.org Following Analysis of ABC News Health Care Advertising, Group Says ABC News Should Worry Less About Its Anchors and More About Its ...
  4 days ago

• Health Care Reform Has Americans Dazed and Confused

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 767
  Most Americans still dont have a clue about health care reform. Months of debate in Congress, endless chest-thumping by pundits and scores of dramatic 30-second ads have done shockingly little to educate Americans about the sweeping legislation that promises to affect all of them for decades to come. Continue ...
  6 days ago

• An End to That $80 Billion Pharma Deal?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  So writes The New York Times, reporting today that the nation’s drug makers are prepping to pay more, under the Democrats’ final health reform bill, than the $80 billion they volunteered in an agreement made with some Democrats earlier in the year. As the health care bills move toward a House-Senate ...
  1 week ago

• Big PhRMA Payoff: Hidden Tax on Pedialyte, Prenatal Vitamins, and Pain Relievers

  
  Big Government — Authority: 818
  If you want to see how Obamacare will hit you and your family in the wallet, look no further than the inside of your medicine cabinet.  Open the cabinet door and you may see an antihistamine such as Claritin for allergies, pain relief medicine such as Tylenol or Excedrin, Pedialyte to prevent your kids from becoming ...
  1 week ago

• Why I Went on Fox and Friends

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 747
  I notice there is a diary up on Daily Kos attacking me for going on Fox & Friends. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t say what I actually said: In 2000, the Republicans passed Medicare Part D, and it had no negotiation for prescription drug prices. And then in 2006, when the Democrats took over Congress, the first ...
  1 week ago

• White House Punts To Bush Years Reimportation Fears Straw Man; Still No Denial Of Dorgans Charges

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  Jane Hamsher tackled the subject on Fox and Friends this morning : the lingering bi-partisan sell out to Big PhRMA... ~~~~~ TPM reports ~ Asked About Charge Of Meddling, Gibbs Says FDA Drug Imports Stand Hasnt Changed Neither the FDA nor the White House has directly denied the charge, ...
  1 week ago

• Health care reform is a boon to former congressional staffers

  
  Muckety.com - Exploring the paths of power and influence — Authority: 522
  The Chicago Tribune and Medill News Service have completed a careful body count of health lobbyists.
  1 week ago

• ABC Should Worry Less About Anchors; More About Integrity

  
  Conservative Zone — Authority: 129
  Photo from fOTOGLIF Following Analysis of ABC News Health Care Advertising, Group Says ABC News Should Worry Less About Its Anchors and More About Its Integrity Washington, DC: ABC News should focus less on the retirement of Charlie Gibson and his replacement by Diane Sawyer and more on integrity, says the ...
  1 week ago

• The Democrats Health `Reform Bill: Kill It Before It Comes to Life! – Dave Lindorff

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 465
  Give credit to Howard Dean. This still practicing physician, former governor of Vermont, former chair of the Democratic Party and former Democratic presidential candidate has called for progressive members of Congress in both houses to join their Republican colleagues in killing what he rightly says has become "an ...
  1 week ago

• Ruh Roh, Carper Is Smack In The Middle Of A Brewing Scandal Over Allegedly "Faked" FDA Letter "Probably Drafted Somewhere Else, Like The White House"

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  If you think the air was thick leading up to Byron Dorgans reimportation amendment that Tom Carper "worked hard to crush" ~ ... "I dont think thats going to get my vote," Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said when HuffPost asked about the reimportation amendment. He said that even though he is a supporter ...
  1 week ago

• Who Struck That Deal With Big Pharma Anyway?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  While we’re on the topic of that $80 billion deal struck between Democratic leaders and the nation’s drug makers, it’s worth clarifying how it came to be. Many in the press have reported that the deal originated in the White House, which is perfectly understandable because it was President Obama who ...
  1 week ago

• In which Cantwell and Murray piss me off

  
  The sayings of Uncle Vinny — Authority: 109
  Dear Senators Cantwell & Murray: I just read with dismay that you voted against Sen. Dorgan’s amendment regarding the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, citing your concerns about the safety of such drugs. To be blunt, this is the kind of bullshit that George W. Bush spouted — straight from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Hypocrisy of the Dems’ Opposition to Drug Reimportation

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  As we noted , the White House and Senate Democratic leaders yesterday killed legislation that would have significantly lowered prescription drug prices for consumers and the government alike — a proposal that President Obama had endorsed on the campaign trail and many of yesterday’s opposing Democrats had ...
  2 weeks ago

• Amidst the Lieberman Drama, Some Wrangling Over Drug Prices

  
  Swampland — Authority: 724
  Tonight the Senate began voting on amendments to the health care bill for the first time in days. Near the top of the agenda: an amendment from Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan that would have allowed U.S. pharmacies and drug wholesalers to "reimport" drugs from foreign countries. It was was voted down 51-48. (Amendments ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pharma Deal Shuts Down Senate Health Care Debate

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 140
  Huffinton Post reports: The White House, aided by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), is working hard to crush an amendment being pushed by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to allow for the reimportation of pharmaceutical drugs from Canada, Senate sources tell the Huffington Post. As a result, the Senate health care debate has ...
  2 weeks ago

• Claims in drug advertising are attracting new scrutiny

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 140
  Philadelphia Inq report: WASHINGTON - The advertisement for an athlete’s foot drug depicted attacks on a giant fungus alongside the words Crush , Kill and Destroy in bold type. But after looking at clinical studies related to the drug, the Food and Drug Administration in August sent a letter to the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ask Dr. H: No sugar alcohol in these sweeteners

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 140
  Philadelphia Inq reports: Medical Columnist Question: In products that use Equal/Nutrasweet as their sweetener, there is a sugar alcohol content. What other sugar substitutes have sugar alcohol amounts? Answer: No, that’s not quite right. Equal/Nutrasweet is a protein-derived sugar, and has no sugar alcohol ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nearly 100 HIV/AIDS Drugs And Vaccines In Development Pipeline

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  BioWorld recently highlighted a new report published by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) that identifies 97 new drugs and vaccines in development to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions… Source: Nearly 100 HIV/AIDS Drugs And Vaccines In Development Pipeline
  2 weeks ago

• Tom Carper Carries The Water For White House-Senate-PhRMA Backroom Deal; Puts A Hold On Byron Dorgans Reimportation Amendment

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  On C-SPAN this week, I watched Byron Dorgan hold up poster after poster showing the relative costs of prescription drugs across the world. In every case, Americans pay two to ten times as much money for the exact same pills. So, Dorgan wants to be able to reimport the drugs to give Americans the opportunity to buy ...
  2 weeks ago

• The American Health Care Pyramid: The Great Marginalization: By Carl Ginsburg

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 465
  The extraordinary creativity and commitment of the US government has given birth finally to what appears to be a new health care financing scheme which, like everything in Obama’s America, harkens back to the age of pyramids. There are hints in the Obama bio that he knew well of things pyramid –- a post-college ...
  2 weeks ago

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