re: Big pharma epidemic: commercials influencing medicine

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America is one of only a few countries that allow medical companies to advertise to the public.

For the better or worse of it, it’s a price of freedom?

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You'd likely run into a First Amendment issue with an outright ban.

But you might be able to fix it by setting up Medicare Part D so that drugs not advertised to the general public are in the most favorable tier.