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[LilacTree]

It will start at 9 PM, a live town hall type with Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

(I'll have to record "Empire") which is on at the same time.

[Plaid Pants2]

I plan on watching it.

[Trudey]

Thanks for the reminder.  I definitely want to watch it.

[momtochloe]

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@LilacTree wrote:

It will start at 9 PM, a live town hall type with Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

(I'll have to record "Empire") which is on at the same time.

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Thank you for this @LilacTree, I didn't realize this was on.  I hope as many people as possible watch this as it is brutal what the pharmaceutical companies have done to this nation and their health.

[LilacTree]

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@momtochloe wrote:

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@LilacTree wrote:

It will start at 9 PM, a live town hall type with Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

(I'll have to record "Empire") which is on at the same time.

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Thank you for this @LilacTree, I didn't realize this was on.  I hope as many people as possible watch this as it is brutal what the pharmaceutical companies have done to this nation and their health.

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Amen!!

[sassenach1]

Thanks, Lilac Tree, for the heads-up.  This is a topic near to my heart as my mother loved her pills.  At one point, she was on 27 different meds that I was aware of. Long, ugly story.

From a big picture perspective, this country has long been dependent on pharmaceuticals as the basis for health care.  Some good, some bad. I stay away from meds as much as possible.  We need to change/modify our approach.

Don't even get me started on commercials for Rx drugs!

[QueenDanceALot]

Hey, thank you, LilacTree!  I often watch Anderson but not always and might have missed this if you hadn't given the heads up!

I am extremely interested in this issue!

Thanks again!

[LilacTree]

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@sassenach1 wrote:

Thanks, Lilac Tree, for the heads-up.  This is a topic near to my heart as my mother loved her pills.  At one point, she was on 27 different meds that I was aware of. Long, ugly story.

From a big picture perspective, this country has long been dependent on pharmaceuticals as the basis for health care.  Some good, some bad. I stay away from meds as much as possible.  We need to change/modify our approach.

Don't even get me started on commercials for Rx drugs!

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@sassenach1

I call them legalized drug pushers.  I thought there was a bill in Congress about banning them  . . .  but that's a laugh, as Big Pharma will never let that happen.  It's totally disgusting to me because people fall for it.

I am 78 and have many ailments and a lot of daily pain due to RA and other autoimmune diseases.  However, I take only three meds.  If I listened to the docs I go to I would be on at least 20.  I, too, watched my father go through this.

As most everyone knows and I am sure will be discussed tonight, Americans take 80% of the entire world's drugs even though we represent under 5% of the population.

[LilacTree]

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

Hey, thank you, LilacTree!  I often watch Anderson but not always and might have missed this if you hadn't given the heads up!

I am extremely interested in this issue!

Thanks again!

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Excellent!!

[Mz iMac]

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@LilacTree wrote:

(I'll have to record "Empire") which is on at the same time.

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Next airing.....

CNN Thursday, May 12 12:00 AM