1. Although I am less than enamored with many aspects of the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB), one item that peaked my attention in a positive way was the BBB’s approach to Medicaid. Medicaid was established in the 1960s during the Johnson Administration as a safety net for poor, vulnerable Americans. I agree with the BBB that illegal aliens should be kicked off the Medicaid program. The program was intended for American citizens, not foreign invaders. Medicaid is also not intended for able-bodied adults who can work yet choose to remain unemployed. Requiring 80 hours/month of work activity whether it be an actual paying job, job training or volunteer work benefitting one’s vulnerable community is NOT an unreasonable request. Encouraging able-bodied individuals to be professional lounge lizards and bed slugs is morally bankrupt and reprehensible.
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2. I appreciate RFK dropping the hammer on the pharmaceutical industry and its enablers. JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) have been pharmaceutical industry props for over two decades. Personally, I would like to see all the direct to consumer pharmaceutical ads on T.V. disappear. “Biologic” medications – monoclonal antibodies for example – for autoimmune rheumatologic, dermatologic, and gastrointestinal diseases must be massive money makers because the money spent on advertising these medications on T.V. is enormous. I have rheumatoid arthritis, so I can vouch that these ads are engaging in manipulation and false hope. My favorite ad right now is for a biologic medication targeting autoimmune diseases that costs about $8,361 for a thirty day supply. The ad tells me that I “should be done settling” and to “take back what’s yours.” The ad has young, healthy appearing individuals riding around on jet skis. I haven’t been on a jet ski since I was a nimble New Jersey high hair babe strutting my stuff and that was a long time ago. I can attest that when I sit in my rheumatologist’s waiting room once every three months and look around, not one patient in the waiting area would be physically capable of operating a jet ski. I can reasonably conclude that the majority of individuals sitting in the waiting room are on an expensive biologic medication because the algorithms used by specialists are generated from research that appears in JAMA, NEJM, and other pharmaceutical industry sponsored publications. I wonder how many of the folks who will be sitting with me in the waiting room next month are going to hit their doc up for a new and supposedly improved treatment option. The cost of our current medical system is unsustainable. The pharmaceutical industry pushes expensive, not yet off patent drugs. Do these new drugs actually work better and with fewer side effects than the older standbys? Are serious side effects from biologics such as cancer, myocardial infarction or cerebral vascular accident being reported to anybody? I truly hope electronic medical records are being used for more than billing……..
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Big Pharma With Two Devastating Announcements
Time for RFK Jr. to hit Big Pharma TV commercials
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