Historically, Democrats have curbed their attacks on powerful interests for fear that it would cause a backlash. The president’s actions suggest they could stand to be more muscular.
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Posted inHealth Care
The Constitution Doesn’t Entitle Drug Manufacturers to a Sweetheart Deal
Big Pharma is in federal appeals court making the absurd argument that Medicare shouldn’t be able to negotiate drug prices, a power given it by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Posted inBooks
Medicine at the Mercy of Wall Street
The pharmaceutical industry is the great white whale of American medicine. No matter how many harpoons activists, progressive politicians, journalists, and scholars hurl at its bloated body, it not only survives, it grows fatter by feasting on the patients and payers that are the krill of the U.S. health care system. The drug price controls […]
Posted inHealth Care
GOP Hands Big Pharma a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
The Inflation Reduction Act is being hailed for getting tough on drug companies. In fact, they’ll make out just fine.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Why Big Pharma Is Winning Again
Pharmaceutical giants don’t have public opinion on their side. But they know how to stop Congress from passing laws most Americans want.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Opioids Crisis: Don’t Punish Pain Patients To Treat Opioid Addiction
Why a sin tax on opioids is not like a sin tax on sugary drinks.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Opioid Crisis: A Physician Reviews “Empire of Pain”
The pain-management needs of my patients were complex. The Sacklers’ marketing of addiction was not.
Posted inPolitical Animal
How Kamala Harris Plans to Take on the Pharmaceutical Industry
In addition to a policy proposal, she has a workable theory of change.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What Kind of Economic Populism Is This?
Trump picked a Big Pharma executive to head Health and Human Services. Is this what he promised?
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump/Bannon Care More About Walls/Bans Than Working Americans
The president and his aides have other plans.
