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Advertising, Corporations, Economics, Front groups, Health, Lobbying, Tobacco

Tobacco Companies Work in Secret to Defeat California’s Proposition 29

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A pitched battle is on over California’s Proposition 29, a measure on the statewide ballot to raise the cigarette tax […]

Consumer advocacy, Economics, Education, Grassroots advocacy, Health, Lobbying, politics

“Robin Hood Tax” Proposal Gains Global Support

Leave a Comment / Consumer advocacy, Economics, Education, Grassroots advocacy, Health, Lobbying, politics / Anne Landman

Nurses led a rally in Chicago May 18 ahead the NATO summit to boost the idea of instituting a “Robin

Economics, Ethics, Health, Insurance, Marketing

Health Insurers Shake Down Subscribers for Prescriptions

Leave a Comment / Economics, Ethics, Health, Insurance, Marketing / Anne Landman

Big health insurers have found yet another new way to extort customers — by buying up “pharmacy benefit managers,” (companies

Consumer advocacy, Economics, Ethics, Lobbying, politics

How Many Millionaires Pay a Higher Tax Rate than You?

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The White House has posted a new online tool people can use to calculate how many millionaires pay a lower

Consumer advocacy, Economics, politics

The Current High Gas Price Scam

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Sixty four percent of all contracts written for bulk oil purchases in the U.S. are made by companies that will