Big Pharma’s Share in the Consumer Price Index

'According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Goods and services that make up that market basket include:

1. FOOD AND BEVERAGES (breakfast cereal, milk, coffee, chicken, wine, full service meals, snacks)
2. HOUSING (rent of primary residence, owners’ equivalent rent, fuel oil, bedroom furniture)
3. APPAREL (men’s shirts and sweaters, women’s dresses, jewelry)
4. TRANSPORTATION (new vehicles, airline fares, gasoline, motor vehicle insurance)
5. MEDICAL CARE (prescription drugs and medical supplies, physicians’ services, eyeglasses and eye care, hospital services)
6. RECREATION (televisions, toys, pets and pet products, sports equipment, admissions);
7. EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION (college tuition, postage, telephone services, computer software and accessories);
8. OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES (tobacco and smoking products, haircuts and other personal services, funeral expenses)'.

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Big Pharma Drug Mafia

One nation, on pharmaceutical drugs...all the time


'Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication, and works in tandem with promotion to doctors. Combined, these industry practices shape how both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Ultimately, Big Bucks, Big Pharma challenges us to ask important questions about the consequences of relying on a for-profit industry for our health and well-being.'

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