The Dirty Truth: Archive for January 2007

There is a movement to stop industry financing of medical education by a group out of Georgetown University. Last year, the drug industry spent around $1 billion on Continuing Medical Education courses or CME's for physicians.

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In 2006, drug companies spent over $4 billion on drug ads. However, this year, Congress may look to limit direct-to-consumer ads.

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President Bush outlined his plan to solve the problem of 46 million uninsured Americans in his State of the Union address last night. It would involve giving tax breaks of $7,500 to individuals and $15,000 for families.

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Check out how your House member voted on this important bill...

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The US House of Representatives yesterday voted 255-170 in favor of requiring the HHS secretary to negotiate drug prices with drug manufacturers for Medicare Part D plans...

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As part of its first 100 hours agenda, the House will vote Friday on removing the prohibition preventing Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices.

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