All posts tagged with Price gouging
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-(Natural News) Pharmaceutical companies exist for one reason, and one reason only: to separate as many people as possible from as much of their hard-earned money as possible. And the yearly ritual known as “flu season” seems to be the formidable “Black Friday” event that generates the highest windfall profits for the legally-sanctioned drug cartel […]
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-(Natural News) Dealing with cancer is devastating enough on its own, but when the drug your doctors have told you that you need costs a ridiculous amount of money, it adds even more stress to an already traumatic situation. Unfortunately, this is the sad reality for the many people who need lomustine, a drug that […]
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-(Natural News) Virginia residents have a big motivation to make getting healthy part of their new year’s resolution as reports indicate that health insurance premiums in the state’s individual marketplace could rise by as much as 265 percent in 2017. An Affordable Care Act filing from the Virginia State Corporation Commission shows that Optima Health […]
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-(Natural News) In yet another story of heartless price gouging, a pharmaceutical company has raised the price of a drug that was once free to more than $100,000 a year. Businesses exist to make money, of course, but Big Pharma is no stranger to taking advantage of people’s suffering. Turning a profit is one thing, […]
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-(Natural News) A lot of drugs have been on the market for quite a long time. Created decades back, some of these have fluctuated over the course of their existence with patients not having any trouble adjusting to the changes, except in certain cases. One such case is a drug now called Keveyis. The drug was […]
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-(Natural News) Would you be willing to take some risks to save yourself thousands of dollars a year on pricey medications? Michael Laufer, a genius who studied particle physics as an undergrad and who speaks 18 or 19 languages, believes that there are thousands of people out there whose financial situation makes them desperate enough […]
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-(Natural News) Pharmacy chain giant CVS Health Corporation recently came under fire for allegedly overcharging insured customers for certain generic prescriptions. A lawsuit was filed against CVS claiming that the company participated in a fraudulent scheme. The lawsuit has also alleged that the plaintiff, Megan Schultz, paid $165.68 for a prescription in July which, if bought without […]
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-(Natural News) As Florida prepares for Hurricane Irma and local stores run out of supplies, the prices of essentials like bottled water have been rising sharply on Amazon.com, prompting customers to accuse the internet retail giant of participating in price gouging. Customers in Florida were unhappy to discover that the same 24-pack of Nestle bottled […]
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-(Natural News) There are lots of reasons that people despise Big Pharma, but a recent investigation has revealed yet another way that drug companies are ripping people off: by selling the exact same medications for very different prices using different packaging. According to U.K. consumer watchdog group Which?, some branded medications are being sold for […]
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-(Natural News) Price gouging is now rampant across the Texas flood zone, according to multiple local news reports, with cases of bottled water selling for $99 and a gallon of gas now fetching as much as $10. Dozens of hotels stand accused of hiking room rates by as much as 300%, and more than 500 […]
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