prescription drug costs

Pharmaceutical companies often bear a large share of public discontent when it comes to the shortcomings of our health care system.  The argument usually goes something a little like this:  The public is upset about the comparatively high cost of prescription drugs in the United States as compared to other nations, with on average Americans paying around 30-40 percent more than foreigners for the exact same medications. Read more

Yesterday brought Americans together for the 43^rd annual viewing of the Superbowl.  Both teams put on a show worthy of any football enthusiast, but for those more interested in pork rinds than pigskins, the commercials in between the action are their own form of entertainment.  Despite well-publicized hard times, a wealth of companies still lined up to pay fantastic sums of money to air their thirty-second statement telling us why we should have what they peddle.