{"id":37334,"date":"2017-01-14T01:01:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/?p=37334"},"modified":"2017-01-14T01:01:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:31:37","slug":"big-pharmas-money-affecting-health-wallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/big-pharmas-money-affecting-health-wallets\/","title":{"rendered":"How Big Pharma\u2019s Money is Affecting Our Health and Our Wallets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you or a loved one has been prescribed a drug under Genentech Inc., including Valium, Klonopin and Xenical, you may be interested in the facts outlined below.<\/p>\n<p>Genentech Inc. spent $388 million in payments to 1,888 doctors to prescribe their drugs \u2013 and while they are the biggest spender, they aren\u2019t the only player.<\/p>\n<p>From August 2013 to December 2014, pharmaceutical companies spent $3.49 billion in disclosed payments to teaching hospitals, companies and a total of 681,020 doctors, with the top earners practicing family medicine, pediatric critical care, orthopaedic surgery, cardiovascular disease and neurological surgery \u2013 a chilling realization that some of the most important facets of our healthcare system are influenced by \u201cbig pharma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelawfirm.com\/big-pharma-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Law Firm<\/a> created the below infographic to showcase data released from a recent ProPublica report. This information is now available thanks to a new law requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose these payments. The effects of big pharma\u2019s influence on American health and finances is appalling.<\/p>\n<p>Americans spend $1,112 per capita on prescription drugs \u2013 more than any other country \u2013 \u00a0compared to $772 per capita in Canada, and $279 per capita in Mexico. As well, the average yearly prescription for Americans was found to be 12 for adults, four for children and a whopping 27 for seniors. This means the effects range far beyond health, with an impact on finances. In 2014 alone, Americans filled $4.3 billion worth of prescriptions and spent a total of $374 billion \u2013 up 13% since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The solution to this problem is outlined in the infographic. TheLawFirm.com suggests taking a conservative prescribing approach. This approach focuses on prevention, education and strategic prescribing and research, first outlined by Dr. Gordon Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the below infographic to learn more about the influence of big pharma on our doctors, hospitals, and ultimately, our health.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Big-Pharma-Infographic.jpg\" alt=\"How Big Pharma\u2019s Money is Affecting Our Health and Our Wallets\" width=\"640\" height=\"5552\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you or a loved one has been prescribed a drug under Genentech Inc., including Valium, Klonopin and Xenical, you may be interested in the facts outlined below. Genentech Inc. spent $388 million in payments to 1,888 doctors to prescribe their drugs \u2013 and while they are the biggest spender, they aren\u2019t the only player.&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/big-pharmas-money-affecting-health-wallets\/\" title=\"How Big Pharma\u2019s Money is Affecting Our Health and Our Wallets\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Big Pharma\u2019s Money is Affecting Our Health and Our Wallets<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1745,4605],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/big-pharma-medicine.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}