Highway Diary Ep 419 - Free American Healthcare

In this Episode I compare healthcare costs and outcomes of many western countries. Then I compare Natropathic VS Alopathic medicine, and how that would fit into our current medical framework.

Later I talk about Big Pharma lawsuits, and the struggle between profit and well-being.

Big Pharma Lawsuits:

2001 - TAP Pharmaceutical Products - Lupron (Puberty Blocker / Cancer Drug)
$875 Million - Medicare Fraud, Kickbacks

2004 - Pfizer - Neurontin (Anti Seizeure)
$430 Million total - Criminal and Civil - False Claims Act
2014 - $190M again, because they didn’t stop! And, another payment of $325M when the lawyers found the scope of the fraud

2007 - Amgen - Aranesp Enbrel, Neulasta (promote red blood vessel production)
$612M Civil / $150M Criminal (Promoting off-label uses)

2011 - Merk - Viox (Anti-inflamitory)
$950M Civil Settlement (caused heart attacks)

2012 - GlaxoSmithKline - 10 Medications Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Avandia
3 Billiion (1B Crim / 2B Civil) Falseifying Data, Promotion of Pediatric Use

2013 - Johnson & Johnson - Risperdal (antipsychotic)
$1.72B Criminal / $485M Criminal (men grew breasts, not good for elderly)

2015 - Takeda - Actos (Diabetes Drug)
$2.4B Civil lawsuit (Caused bladder cancer / heart attack / stroke)

2019 - Bayer & J&J - Xarelto (Blood thinner)
$775m Civil (Stroke & Death)

Then I look at the murder of Brandy Vaughan by Merk, and how she was an effective community organizer.

In a Facebook post dated December 4 of 2019, Vaughan asks: "Ever wonder why I speak out against Big Pharma and suffer the major consequences? Because I will fight for my son and humanity and I will educate people on pharmaceutical product dangers until my last breath!”

Dec 7th, 2020 Brandy Vaughan was murdered

https://learntherisk.org/