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South Dakota's Chill Wind

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When Politics Defeats Science

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The $80 Billion Medicare Sellout

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The GOP openly sold America's seniors to Big Pharma for the drug benefit—but the fight to repair the damage is on. more »

Wal-Mart And The Death Penalty

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washingtonpost.com — When it comes to professional conscience, doctors have a greater legal responsibility than pharmacists.

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Report: Provisions Written By Special Interests Waste $80 Billion Annually On Drug Benefits

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Specific provisions of the Medicare prescription drug program inserted at the request of pharmaceutical and HMO interests will cost taxpayers and seniors more than $80 billion a year, according to a report released today by the Institute for America's Future and the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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Science Will Force A Fix

By Jim McDermott
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The Excess Cost of the Medicare Drug Benefit

A State-by-State Report

By Dean Baker, PhD
Institute for Americas Future; Center for Economic and Policy Research
November 09th, 2007
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The Republicans' prescription drug program sell-out to insurance and drug companies will cost tax-payers and beneficiaries $80 billion annually more than a direct Medicare benefit with negotiated prices. Learn what the cost of this corruption is to taxpayers, seniors and disabled across the nation and in your area.

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Low Expectations Leavitt

By Alexandra Walker
February 8, 2006

In the Bush administration, praise is a PR sleight of hand. The more a person or program is publicly lauded by officials, the worse it must be. more »

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