Obama recently claimed this was the “Decade of the Brain”. But it not the first time the government made that promise. The last time they did it, they wasted millions of your tax dollars. Now they’re back for round two. But this time, their failure could mean more than squandered money. It could mean making Alzheimer’s even worse for those who suffer from it.
Back in the 1980s, John Nestor became infamous for single-handedly causing massive traffic jams on the Capital Beltway. But in his professional life, he created a completely different kind of traffic jam… one that may have contributed to the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Juan Enriquez has the full story. Read on…
The Food and Drug Administration will tell you they’re there to protect you. To make sure the food and medicine you put in your body won’t hurt you. But good intentions and actual results rarely match up. Instead, the FDA’s drug certification process has made it easy for business to corner drug markets, and jack up prices. In the end, the only thing the FDA protects are these companies’ profits.
Given the insane amount of time, effort and money it costs to bring a drug to market, it’s no wonder why drugs are so expensive in America. And even when a drug comes along that IS cost effective, you can count on the FDA to play its part in jacking up the price. Mark Thornton explains…