American families are paying far too much for prescription drugs, in large part due to Big Pharma's rampant corporate lawlessness.
Money Over People
Beers family members built a “conglomerate” by selling a Christian alternative to traditional health insurance. They’re now scrambling for cash, even though they received millions in PPP loans that were later forgiven.
PBMs—called by some the Pharma Benefits Mafia—are at the center of the circle of pointing fingers, each one blaming the next for sky-high drug prices. And reaping huge profits at patient expense in the meantime.
Americans are being left food insecure and have to skip meals while corporations and their wealthy shareholders enjoy the spoils of supersized profits under unjustified price hikes.
The U.S. Department of Labor said that three separate franchises that operate a total of 62 McDonald’s restaurants across four states illegally employed 305 children sometimes without even paying them.
Unaccredited companies, sometimes calling themselves “medical consultants” or “coaches,” suggest they can provide quick turnaround times on claims and higher benefit checks.
Although Horizon says it now has 20 drugs under development, in its 15 years of existence it has yet to license a product it invented. Yet the company has written a new playbook for how to build a modern pharmaceutical colossus.
An EPA survey points out the hidden danger of lead pipes in the water supply system that Florida hasn’t bothered to track.
Instead of negotiating a first union contract as required by law, Starbucks has chosen to fire Alexis Rizzo, a union leader in Buffalo who worked for Starbucks for seven years.
Sara McLin’s son burned his hand on a stove. She took him to an in-network emergency room near their home in Florida which did not treat him. But they sent bills anyway—to her son, so she can't dispute them.
Medicare Advantage insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms, under the guise of scientific rigor, to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for an older patient's treatment.
Though Starbucks claims they are 'progressive,' there is mounting evidence that the company's anti-union efforts include a pattern of flagrant violations of federal labor law.