Congress May Let Opioid Billionaires Get Legal Immunity
Legislation to hold the Sacklers accountable stalls as the Chamber of Commerce begins lobbying on the bill.
Health Care
Deep dives into the political corruption and corporate bureaucracy that keeps Americans sick while making executives rich.
COVID Paid Leave To Expire As Corporate Dems Stonewall
The federal paid sick leave tax credit to support workers and encourage vaccinations is ending — and corporate Dems are threatening to block a replacement.
Big Pharma’s Dems Score Ad Blitz
A front group for Big Pharma is running ads backing the House Democrats who are trying to gut the party’s plan to cut drug prices.
Sinema Threat Followed Boost From Pharma Group
A PhRMA-backed dark money group started running ads for Kyrsten Sinema just before she threatened to take down Democrats’ drug pricing plan.
“We’re In The Fight Of Our Lives”
The battle over mask mandates is heating up as students return to school.
Dems Flail Over Pharma Cash And Drug Pricing Vote
Scott Peters, Kurt Schrader, and Kathleen Rice mount weak, incoherent responses trying to explain why they torpedoed a plan to let Medicare negotiate drug prices.
Big Pharma’s Democrats
Three House Dems working to kill drug price legislation raked in roughly $1.6 million from pharma donors — and the top aide for one of them is now a pharma lobbyist.
Four Months Later, Still No Vaccine Waiver
Biden and EU officials continue helping Big Pharma prevent the distribution of IP rights to fight COVID.
Biden Could Share Vaccine Data With The World
A new report suggests the United States may have unfettered rights to the information countries desperately need to scale up COVID-19 vaccine production.
The Corporate Deterrent To More Vaccinations
Biden and Congress have ignored a simple fix to our vaccine woes — but the budget bill could help remedy matters.