Marketing Cancer Drugs To Physicians Increases Prescribing Without Improving Mor...
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Marketing Cancer Drugs To Physicians Increases Prescribing Without Improving Mortality
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Good flick if you want to get a feel for how Pharma sales work.
I'm surprised it hasn't be Pfbanned yet based on who it highlights.
In the name of "free enterprise" the US has created the most corrupt medical industry in the world.
We have the lowest health indicators of the 20 most "developed" countries while spending two to three times as much on medical care which doesn't even cover all of our population.
The medical industry is getting rich and we are all paying the price in $ and poor health. Insurance companies, pharma, hospitals, doctors, medical device makers are all making huge profits at our expense.
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Most of our poor health is entirely our own fault. Too many people have terrible diets, lead sedentary life styles, and consume one or more substances that are actively bad for our physical or mental well being. No healthcare system in the world would work for us because we're the problem and unless we can get a solution in pill form, we aren't interested. Look at the immense popularity of a drug like Ozempic.
There's also the other side of the coin in that it's unsurprising that the US spends more money-
Yes, we have been sold a diet of unhealthy food. Our "free enterprise" system has no effective controls on unhealthy food. But that is only part of the problem. Don't blame people for problems that corporations cause.
Our "best" medical system is only available to the rich. Everyone else suffers and that's why we have the worst health indicators of "rich" countries.
(Actually, Medicare is great! It controls costs and gives eligible people good access to care. Unfortunately, it is branded as "socialized medicine"by Republicans who are trying to kill it. I am old and have Medicare. I recently had a health "episode". Greedy hospital billed me $200,154. Medicare said no way and paid them $38,000. I didn't pay anything beyond my monthly insurance cost. We need Medicare for everybody.)
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Don't blame people for problems that corporations cause.
How is it a "corporate" cause if people are too lazy to move around, stare at their 3 inch screen all day, eat bags of chips each day, don't bother to drink water, and don't make healthy lifestyle choices? Does personal responsiblity not enter into the equation?-
Corporations don't give people a choice. They make money by having people stare at their screens all day and eating unhealthy food.
How about "corporate responsibility"?-
You both seem to be having tunnel vision.
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Corporations can't sell people a product they don't want. If they're making crappy pulped meat nuggets sprinkled with sugar it's because that's what people are buying. That absolute garbage isn't even cheaper than real food unless you're making money while sitting on the couch waiting for the microwave to beep instead of cooking for yourself.
Your own anecdote shows why we need a free market in healthcare. Hospitals bill that much because they only deal with insurance companies or government insurance. Le-
If the only food like substance within your budget (including time budget) is pulped meat nuggets sprinkled with sugar, guess what's for dinner?
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