Drug ads are already outlawed in Europe. It’s always so ridiculous to hear the TV ads where there are a few seconds of benefits followed by a litany of side effects. This totally makes sense to me.
Drug costs have skyrocketed in the last year-plus, causing outrage and fueling debates on both sides of the political aisle. The American Medical Association has taken the unprecedented step of calling for a ban to drug advertising direct to consumers, as part of a plan to bring down drug costs.
Source: AMA Calls for Ban of Drug Advertising, as Part of Affordability Initiative
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Hells yes! Let’s do this! It’s obscene that it’s gone on this long.
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Sheesh, if drug ads are outlawed in FL, I bet 3/4 of the ad space would suddenly be open!
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Which would certainly be a good thing IMHO.
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Too true! I often wonder if other areas have as many ads for medications as FL… or if we get more due to the higher average age of the population.
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I would bet on it being related to the number of retirees in Florida.
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I agree. The sad thing is that a significant percentage of them are in poor health and many can not afford good health care, so it isn’t unusual for the cashier at the supermarket or a fast food place to be older than I am.
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I know. I see much of the same here, mainly in Walmart. But there are also many who never gave a thought to how they’d live in retirement until it was too late.
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I’m sure you are correct about that, but in truth, I haven’t shopped at one in over a decade. I did not like the ‘pipeline way ‘Walmart funneled inexpensive and often inferior quality products from other countries into the US, which I thought was bad for our economy. Perhaps they no longer do this, but if there is a buck to be made, I suspect they haven’t changed how they choose the goods they provide.
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I don’t like them, either, but where I live there are few choices. I shop online mostly. I mostly buy cat food there because our little grocery store (15 miles away) doesn’t carry enough variety. Walmart is 25 miles away, the nearest shopping center about 60 miles away.
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Most everything I want is within 8 miles – that includes hospitals, the Atlantic Ocean, a variety of grocery stores and restaurants, lumber yards, etc…. While we lived in Panama, our shopping situation was similar to what you have.
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