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In reply to the discussion: So taxpayers are subsidizing Big Pharma's TV advertising [View all]PatSeg
(47,260 posts)54. Healthcare has always been considered
different from other businesses. It is considered a vital and necessary service and historically it often operated under different guidelines and rules.
Not all businesses are the same and regulations vary depending on the nature of the business. Until recently, healthcare was not considered a profit oriented business.
Though I understand your argument, I also understand where Shaheen is coming from and I think it is a baby step in the right direction. Meanwhile, we can agree to disagree.
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I blame insurance companies for what they have created for all of us...
Crutchez_CuiBono
Jan 2019
#21
No wonder we get a barrage of ads. They spend other people's money. What a PR cash cow.
ancianita
Jan 2019
#13
I thought advertising was a standard business expense that's tax deductible?
CaptainTruth
Jan 2019
#23
Yeah, something's fishy about that quote in OP. Not enough information to make any case. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2019
#39
Yup. It is anti-progressive to use dishonestly deceptive wording for progressive causes. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2019
#56
Personally i think direct to consumer advertising of drugs should be prohibited.
CaptainTruth
Jan 2019
#26
Are you f'ing kidding me?! What's the loophole? How didit get there? I wanna know the details.
KPN
Jan 2019
#29
That's exactly what I figured. If we can regulate tobacco tv ads out of existence on the basis of
KPN
Jan 2019
#32
I think it is interesting that the drugs to give you "clear skin" can lead to
demigoddess
Jan 2019
#36
Subsidizing? Like taxpayers subsidize Ford & Momsy's Pie Cafe & TidyBowl advertising?
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2019
#38
If a business deducting the cost of advertising constitutes a "government subsidy"...
PoliticAverse
Jan 2019
#52