How Economic Despair Drives Workers to Their Deaths

By Tom Conway / Independent Media Institute Jan 16, 2020 More and more often, economic despair kills the have-nots. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Drug Prices

Pat Bagley / The Salt Lake Tribune, UT Jul 18, 2019 Dig deeper

Setbacks for Trump’s Drive to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Jul 11, 2019 The president is now focusing his drive to curb drug costs on congressional efforts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Congress Makes Bipartisan Push to Cut Health Care Costs

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Jul 7, 2019 Lawmakers are trying to set aside their differences on Obamacare and reach agreement on a more immediate health care issue. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Skyrocketing Drug Prices Have Americans Taking Desperate Measures

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jun 17, 2019 “It felt like we were robbing the pharmacy,” one buyer says of the low prices she paid in Canada. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

States Bring Price-Fixing Suit Against Generic Drug Makers

STEVE LeBLANC and MARTIN CRUTSINGER / The Associated Press May 11, 2019 One top state official says the evidence shows the companies ran a "multi-year conspiracy" and "perpetrated a multibillion-dollar fraud." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The President’s Drug-Pricing Scam

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org May 13, 2018 Donald Trump promised to rein in drug prices, but his plan does little but add another battering ram to his ongoing economic war against America’s allies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Biggest Economic Problem You’re Hearing Almost Nothing About (Video)

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org May 7, 2018 America used to have antitrust laws that stopped corporations from monopolizing markets, and often broke up the biggest culprits. No longer. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The 20 Big Promises Trump Has Already Broken (Video)

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 4, 2018 Donald Trump's voters bought a lot of what he said during his campaign, but in his first year as president he's often done the opposite of what he assured Americans before taking office. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Drug Firms Make Eyedrops Too Big—and You Pay for the Waste

Marshall Allen / ProPublica Oct 18, 2017 Also, some cancer drugs come in oversize single-use vials. The excess medication is tossed—one reason health care costs are so high. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

‘Enough to Make Me Gag’: Warren and Sanders Decry Latest Big Pharma Giveaway (Video)

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Nov 30, 2016 Sen. Elizabeth Warren vows to fight the 21st Century Cures Act "because I know the difference between compromise and extortion." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2016 Medical societies and paid drug industry researchers have loaded society up with new definitions of alleged ill health from which drug companies can profit when millions of otherwise well people are labeled as ailing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )