Mammon category archive
The Medicine Show 0
Thom and Wendell Potter discuss how Big Pharma and Big Insurance are trying to scare Americans from fixing the healthcare mess that feeds their bottom lines.
More here.
Breathe Deeply . . . While You Can 0
David discusses the Trump administration’s moves to allow greater use of asbestos while limiting the ability to study its dangers.
A Formula for Success 0
Katherine Foss considers Americans’ creepy phobia about mothers’ breast-feeding babies the way nature intended. She thinks she may have found the culprits.
More at the link.
The Snaring Economy 0
Thank you, no, I’ll call a cab.
It’s called “vomit fraud,” a scam repeatedly denounced in social networks yet still taking place around the world. . . .
What is it? Passengers request Uber cars, which deliver them to their destination. So far so good.
But soon the passenger receives a note from Uber reporting an “adjustment” in the bill and an extra charge that can range from $80 to $150, depending on the driver’s degree of crookedness.
The story goes on the describe how unresponsive Uber is to the victims of this sick attack.
Suffer the Children 0
It’s not scripture. It’s Republicanism.
The Path to Pariah 0
The Booman documents another step down the road.
Origins Issue 0
Badtux ponders the origins of wealth.
The Pusher Men 0
This should be interesting:
The lawsuits also say that the companies falsely told doctors that patients would “only rarely succumb to drug addiction.”
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The lawsuits accuse the manufacturers of:
- Falsely, deceptively and unfairly marketing opioids.
- Misrepresenting the risks and benefits of opioids.
- Grossly understating and misstating the dangerous addiction risks.
- Grossly overstating the benefits.
- Targeting susceptible prescribers and vulnerable patient populations.
- Making deceptive statements and concealing material facts.
- Fraudulently concealing their misconduct.
- And breaching their duties under federal and state law to prevent diversion and monitor, report and prevent suspicious orders.
More at the link.