Essay On Prescription Drug Industry

In conclusion, pharmaceutical companies are extremely edacious and cold-blooded. Their profits numbers in the billion’s range while seniors are struggling to afford their prescribed drugs to survive. The pharmaceutical industry is strongly against Americans getting their prescriptions from Canada. Yet these people cannot help it; they are not financially secure to afford the drugs sold in America. The U.S. Government tries to isolate itself from the problem in order to make money from the taxes of prescriptions.

They have turned America into a country that is rapidly spiraling down a risky path of addiction and dependency on drugs, and the majority of the blame falls right onto their shoulders. In order to pull ourselves out of this dilemma, America must first learn about the severity of the pharmaceutical industry’s corrupt modus operandi: Using their power and influence not for the purpose of creating cures, but for the purpose of creating lifelong customers to profit from. The most common way that the pharmaceutical industry uses their power and influence to create lifelong customers is in the manipulation of clinical research. When a pharmaceutical company creates a new drug, it must first get the go ahead from the Foo... ... middle of paper ... ...g society doesn’t start with fixing the pharmaceutical industry, it starts by fixing our way of life. The only way to end the corruption of the pharmaceutical industry is to stop depending on it, and that begins with American’s becoming more independent.

It affects everyone involved with medicine, which is much of the American public. It also affects the physicians and drug makers. Government factors into the equation of the argument. Critics of the drug industry say that there is not enough regulation, while supporters of the pharmaceutical companies argue that there is too much regulation and that that is one... ... middle of paper ... ... near future. They key to this is that people forget about how much money they make and to simply just work for the betterment of mankind.

Pharmaceutical industry patents also have tremendous impact on health care policies due to their influence on the cost of medicine. A new medication can cost in the billions of dollars requiring pharmaceutical companies to incur significant risk. The patent mitigates that risk encouraging medical companies to pursue new, innovation medicines that are essential to medical advancements. The pharmaceutical industry grew rapidly from the early 90’s until 2008. Blockbuster drug sales produced large revenues for their companies leading this period of growth.

People who game the system apply false prices on drugs which leads to the government paying companies. To stop this we need to have harsher penalties for people caught gaming the system. Pharmacy’s rising in price because of general and medical cost inflation. Private and public payers are calling for pricing to be lowered. Breakthroughs with medicine create economic and public health utility...

Why are these huge corporations donating such large sums of money to the PDFA? Because they know that the PDFA strongly influences our conception of acceptability: Whatever drug the PDFA chooses to attack becomes a taboo, while drugs the PDFA chooses to ignore become a spotless joy. Because of this funding structure, even if the PDFA wanted to criticize the profitable drugs, it couldn't. Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters Mathea Falco explains, It would be suicidal if the Pa... ... middle of paper ... ...s, One of the reasons young people have no faith in what we say about drugs is because of the lies by people like the Partnership. (St. Petersburg Times, 1990) Corporations are making big bucks and children are dying.

Large pharmaceutical industries are making big profits on medications because they charge high prices for profit. These pharmaceutical companies are overcharging for medications that are essential to maintaining the health of patients. Having such a high cost for medication prevents patients from receiving the care that they need. This may result in patients resorting to desperate measure such as stealing and other illegal acts. The pharmaceutical industry need to reevaluate their ethical standards because the way that these companies are going about pricing their drugs is preventing patients from living a health life.

I believe firmly that an all encompassing drug legalization bill would greatly reduce the quantity and severity of violent crimes committed in the United States. What’s stopping such a legalization bill? Right-winged fundamentalists who are sure that drug legalization would decay the morel decency and destroy the productive spirit that Americas hold dear. What I find most ridiculous about this position is that there is already an extremely dangerous substance available to any American over the age of 21. Alcoh... ... middle of paper ... ...gers, the United States continues to spend billions of dollars on military endeavors.

Over the years, the nation has attempted to improve the country economical struggles with different plans such as healthcare plans which can make our country more beneficial. However, issues that started to affect the company growth are that the Health Care cost are going up, Doctor Shortage, Millions of dollars are wasted for unnecessary care and Medical errors. The US health care system has been spiraling out of control and new to be reform thus our nation can become a successful society. In previous years, the healthcare cost was affordable for everyone which gave many individuals chances to have medical insurance providers which can help them with their health. On the Other Hand, the cost has triple over the decade and makes mad it difficult

Along the same lines, in many other countries, the government is the only buyer of medical services because patients pay for services through taxes. This causes the healthcare market to essentially be a “buyer’s market,” which drives the cost down. Another major reason for expensive healthcare is because American doctors are paid much more than doctors in other countries. A big part of this has to do with the very long and expensive road of medical school in the US, necessitating that doctors get paid more so that the process is worth it for them financially. Finally, the healthcare system is very bloated, with payments usually going through multiple intermediaries and each insurance company taking a percentage of the payment.