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Why Hasn't RFK Jr. Paused Drug Ads?
MEDPAGE TODAY ^ | April 3, 2025 | Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH

Posted on 04/05/2025 1:46:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 04/05/2025 1:46:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe it’s because everything he does opens in a new tab or window.


2 posted on 04/05/2025 1:48:16 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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?


3 posted on 04/05/2025 1:49:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Why don’t he just tell the 500 billion dollar industry to shut down all tv?
(90 percent of the commercials I see are for drugs)

Same reason Trump is president and people ignore him and ignore that fact


4 posted on 04/05/2025 1:50:56 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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Why don’t he just tell the 500 billion dollar industry to shut down all tv?
(90 percent of the commercials I see are for drugs)

Same reason Trump is president and people ignore him and ignore that fact


5 posted on 04/05/2025 1:50:57 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: nickcarraway

Or geoengineering. California is blanketed today.


6 posted on 04/05/2025 1:51:00 PM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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To: nickcarraway

Sorry. Read through your posted text and it will make sense.


7 posted on 04/05/2025 1:52:45 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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I don’t get it. This is the same article from the headline.


8 posted on 04/05/2025 1:54:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Drug companies have Amendment I rights.

In my youth, health insurance didn’t pay for drugs.

I’m 66. I’ve never had an outpatient drug paid for by insurance.

In my youth, I was covered by Blue Cross/Blue Shield hospitalization. My mother wrote checks to pay for doctor visits and prescriptions.


9 posted on 04/05/2025 1:56:36 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t know but sometimes there is metadata or something or other that automatically posts when you copy paste. No big deal, just making light of how it reads. You’re cool.


10 posted on 04/05/2025 1:57:01 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Citizens United decision would suggest that corporations have free speech rights.


11 posted on 04/05/2025 1:57:27 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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The problem is probably with the Administrative Procedures Act. It takes a while to change the rules, and requires notice and time for public comment. RFK, Jr., may be able to shut down new ads, i.e., those not yet approved, but those that have already been approved are a problem.


12 posted on 04/05/2025 2:00:44 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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Perhaps. Does that mean a drug company can make an ad claiming that their pill will make you lose 50 pounds if there is no evidence?


13 posted on 04/05/2025 2:04:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Anything where the pharma industry is involved is going to take a long time and a lot of court battles. They won’t go away quietly.


14 posted on 04/05/2025 2:06:25 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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Because the FDA doesn’t have anywhere near that kind of authority. The FCC might be able to ban them on broadcast, but even then that leaves cable, satellite and the internet wide open. We don’t live in a dictatorship, the government’s power are DELIBERATELY limited.


15 posted on 04/05/2025 2:08:37 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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Fox News alone would lose 3/4ths of its sponsors…


16 posted on 04/05/2025 2:14:38 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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Is that a bad thing?


17 posted on 04/05/2025 2:30:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Correct. Broadcast and cable news outlets derive 75% of their revenues from pharmaceutical companies. The company news store.


18 posted on 04/05/2025 2:46:20 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: nickcarraway

A little editing on your part to delete the 23 “new tab or windows” would have made your post readable.


19 posted on 04/05/2025 2:46:40 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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How about if a drug is advertised on TV, it’s cost could not be paid by insurance?


20 posted on 04/05/2025 2:48:13 PM PDT by cymbeline
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