(2015/10/06) Where the market should not be allowed to tread (Health Care) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

from 2015-10-06T23:00

:: ::

Edition #958


Today we take a look at the destructive influence of the market on pharmaceuticals and some ideas on reigning in the system for the betterment of all

 

Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991


Show Notes


Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill


00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: Proof That Obamacare is Working Getting Really Hard to Ignore - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 08-15-15


Ch. 3: Song 1: Chicago - Plusplus




00:04:36 Ch. 4: Act 2: Failures of the free market in drug development - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 9-25-15


Ch. 5: Song 2: Heirloom - The Black Atlantic




00:15:12 Ch. 6: Act 3: 5500% Price Increase on AIDS Drug Canceled After Outrage - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 09-24-15


Ch. 7: Song 3: The Shine - Jahzzar




00:21:02 Ch. 8: Act 4: Is Pharma the Most Evil Industry? (w/ @JoshZepps) - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 09-28-15


Ch. 9: Song 4: Kerouak - Plusplus




00:28:38 Ch. 10: Act 5: Get the Corporations out of Medicare! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 07-27-15


Ch. 11: Song 5: Springish - Gillicuddy




00:35:59 Ch. 12: Act 6: The Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015 via @DemandProgress & @OpenCongress - Best of the Left Activism


Ch. 13: Song 6: This Fickle World - Theo Bard




00:39:10 Ch. 14: Act 7: .@RishiManchanda: What makes us get sick? Look upstream - @TEDTalks - Air Date: 9-15-14




Voicemails


00:57:29 Ch. 15: Advocating for sustainable change in your cities - Ryan from Pheonix


01:01:21 Ch. 16: On giving advice - Eric from South Carolina


01:05:08 Ch. 17: Trench-coated white kids and religious leaders - Brad from Dallas, TX


Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics




01:06:27 Ch. 18: Final comments on how to prove racism is a factor when trying to explain it away


Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone




Activism: The Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015 via @DemandProgress & @OpenCongress


Take Action:


Sign the Demand Progress petition to Congress: "Tell Congress to pass Bernie Sanders's bill to rein in prescription drug costs!”


Track the legislation & contact legislators: in the Senate & in the House via GovTrack.us


Additional Activism/Resources:


Send your legislator a letter through OpenCongress.org


Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich




Produced by Jay! Tomlinson


Thanks for listening!


Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com


Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores!


Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft


Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft


Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com


Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!


Further episodes of Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Further podcasts by BestOfTheLeft.com

Website of BestOfTheLeft.com