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Raine

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68. It's OBSCENE that they

Reply to PatSeg (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 06:25 AM

Jan 2019

are getting away with this, they should never have been allowed to advertise on TV..

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So taxpayers are subsidizing Big Pharma's TV advertising [View all] PatSeg Jan 2019 OP

"Could they get any greedier?" volstork Jan 2019 #1

Yes, sadly it is true PatSeg Jan 2019 #5

Can politicians obfuscate any more? Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #41

This is a very important post malaise Jan 2019 #2

Seventeen drug ads on television in one half hour evening show. EarnestPutz Jan 2019 #3

Seventeen??? PatSeg Jan 2019 #6

Most not covered by insurance and are pay out of pocket. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #7

And you can't blame many insurance companies PatSeg Jan 2019 #16

I blame insurance companies for what they have created for all of us... Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #21

Oh no, I'm not defending the insurance companies PatSeg Jan 2019 #40

Yes and no jberryhill Jan 2019 #50

K & R....for visibility..... dhill926 Jan 2019 #4

Aren't all types of businesses allowed Sucha NastyWoman Jan 2019 #8

Yes--Advertising is a 100% write off to all businesses. mtngirl47 Jan 2019 #20

I did not know that FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #63

It's an expense - like any other expense jberryhill Jan 2019 #64

K & R pandr32 Jan 2019 #9

EVERY company has this "loophole" because it is a bullshit claim jberryhill Jan 2019 #48

Many (most) of those ads are aimed at senior citizens FakeNoose Jan 2019 #10

Since cutting the cable cord shanti Jan 2019 #19

Follow the money Pantagruel Jan 2019 #11

It's not just TV. Leaf through monthly magazines luvtheGWN Jan 2019 #12

More like 'research and deveopment' PatSeg Jan 2019 #14

My favorite ones are when they are tearing through the side effects, House of Roberts Jan 2019 #22

It is jberryhill Jan 2019 #33

Not exactly a pleasant visual!!! PatSeg Jan 2019 #44

No wonder we get a barrage of ads. They spend other people's money. What a PR cash cow. ancianita Jan 2019 #13

Is that really a loophole? TheFarseer Jan 2019 #15

That did occur to me PatSeg Jan 2019 #42

You could say the same thing about automobiles jberryhill Jan 2019 #51

Healthcare has always been considered PatSeg Jan 2019 #54

What is it we disagree about? jberryhill Jan 2019 #57

Okay, that is where I can agree with you PatSeg Jan 2019 #59

"I come from an era" jberryhill Jan 2019 #61

Much older than you PatSeg Jan 2019 #65

Advertising isn't a special loophole zaj Jan 2019 #17

I agree. StatGirl Jan 2019 #55

The US & New Zealand area51 Jan 2019 #18

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

That came from Shaheen's email PatSeg Jan 2019 #46

That's really deceptively worded jberryhill Jan 2019 #49

Yup. It is anti-progressive to use dishonestly deceptive wording for progressive causes. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #56

K & R mountain grammy Jan 2019 #24

Yes we do duforsure Jan 2019 #25

Personally i think direct to consumer advertising of drugs should be prohibited. CaptainTruth Jan 2019 #26

Kick dalton99a Jan 2019 #27

All pharma ads should be banned from media. nt mastermind Jan 2019 #28

Are you f'ing kidding me?! What's the loophole? How didit get there? I wanna know the details. KPN Jan 2019 #29

The loophole is that businesses deduct expenses jberryhill Jan 2019 #30

That's exactly what I figured. If we can regulate tobacco tv ads out of existence on the basis of KPN Jan 2019 #32

Because consumers can't buy their products on their own authority? fleabiscuit Jan 2019 #35

I'd bet half the people watching football can't buy beer jberryhill Jan 2019 #37

Non Sequitur. fleabiscuit Jan 2019 #66

How Big Pharma buys the government.... safeinOhio Jan 2019 #31

Close the loophole!!!! That's outrageous! nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #34

There is no loophole jberryhill Jan 2019 #47

Ahhh. I see. Thx. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #62

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

I get depressed watching antidepressant ads... backtoblue Jan 2019 #43

the cost has been ahead of inflation for over 40 years sigpooie Jan 2019 #45

If a business deducting the cost of advertising constitutes a "government subsidy"... PoliticAverse Jan 2019 #52

It should be changed sigpooie Jan 2019 #53

What? jberryhill Jan 2019 #58

Just another reason to quit television. hunter Jan 2019 #60

K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #67

It's OBSCENE that they Raine Jan 2019 #68

I agree PatSeg Jan 2019 #69