Kickbacks

The Worst Drug Company Marketing Techniques (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Off-Label-Promotion, Kickbacks, Slidepoll, Obama Big Pharma, Business News

The Huffington Post recently learned that pharmaceutical industry insiders are expecting the health care reform legislation agreed to between the Whit...

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Big Pharma's Crime Spree: Drug Makers Pushing Products For Unapproved Uses

Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

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Pfizer and Lilly lead a parade of U.S. companies that have paid $7 billion in penalties after promoting drugs for uses not approved by the FDA. This u...

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Paying for Health Care -- Will Congress Have the Guts to Bust This Trust?

Martha Burk | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Nelson, Charles Grassley, Kickbacks, Trust, Medical Device, Hospital, Health Care Reform, Gpo, Group Purchasing Organizations, Senate Fiance Committee, Health Care, Politics News
Martha Burk

Group Purchasing Organizations negotiate "sole source" contracts with hospitals, amounting to bald-faced kickbacks that save taxpayers not a dime.

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Putting Kids In Jail For Profit

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Free Markets, Prison, Profit Motive, Detention Centers, Jails, Kickbacks, Youth Detention, Politics News
Dave Johnson

In Pennsylvania they caught two judges jailing kids for profit. I think it would be a good idea to look into all situations of people of all ages being sentenced to any privately-run facility.

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