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Monday, June 22, 2009

Drug Company TV Advertisements Should be Banned

Lots of talk these days in the United States about health care reform.

Tons of different opinions and competing interests being aired as Obama moves forward to try and revolutionize the current system and enable every American citizen to have health care coverage.

Republicans don't want 'government run health care' (aka Obamacare), and Democrats want everyone to be insured.

However, can everyone agree that it's patently absurd for pharmaceutical companies to claim poverty while carpet bombing the TV airwaves with incredibly expensive ads asking consumers to 'ask their doctor about Viagra'?

Its also unethical. Doctors are the ones who are supposed to diagnose patients, not the other way around. Foreigners who come to this country are blown away by these TV ads--it just doesn't happen in other countries.

Banning drug company TV advertisements: an idea all Americans can get behind.

Right?

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