WE ALEADY TAKE DRUGS MADE OVERSEAS….& 80% OF INGREDIENTS COME FROM OVERSEAS
Of all drugs taken by Americans, 40% come from overseas and, of active ingredients, almost 80% come primarily from China and India, but other nations […]
Month: September 2017
LOWER PHARMACEUTICAL COSTS TO CONSUMERS SIX WAYS
Reduce pharmaceutical costs to consumers by: Allowing customers to purchase pharmaceuticals from other countries (80% of the ingredients are manufactured abroad), Providing for the government […]
EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES: WITH and WITHOUT
From 2015 to 2016, “In states without minimum wage increases in 2016, the 10th-percentile wage rose 2.5 percent; in states with minimum wage increases in […]
NUMBER OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT WAR EXPANDS UNDER TRUMP
“Under the so-called Force Management Level policy, the Pentagon doesn’t count troops who are in the war zones for fewer than 120 days in the […]
HOW CAN WE SQUANDER THE LIVES OF 100,000’S AND OUR FUTURE ON WAR?
Following Vietnam, the U.S. military draft ended, Jan. 27, 1973; as the Vietnam War drew to a close, the Selective Service announced no further draft calls. Since […]
RURAL AREAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY REPUBLICAN’S GRAHAM-CASSIDY HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM BILL
Rural counties have a higher percentage of elderly, single mothers, people with no high school degree and no car – i.e. a higher percentage of […]
HEALTH CARE IS FORGOTTEN IN THE “HEALTHCARE DEBATE”
Republicans introduced a bill in 1993… With an individual mandate; Creating purchasing pools; With standardized benefits; Vouchers for the poor to buy insurance; A ban […]
DACA SUPPORT FROM APPLE, AMAZON, CISCO; GOOGLE; UBER + SEE HOW MANY MANY MORE
“All DACA recipients grew up in America, registered with our government, submitted to extensive background checks, and are diligently giving back to our communities and […]
NEW REPUBLICAN ATTEMPT TO GUT HEALTHCARE COVERAGE
A bill by Senators Cassidy (LA) and Graham (SC) to gut heath care coverage: Cuts funding by $400 billion over the next ten years “undermines […]
GUTTING MEDICAID CLOSES RURAL HOSPITALS
” More than half — 54 percent — of rural counties had no hospitals with obstetric services in 2014, a jump from 45 percent in […]