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What we learned: Why you should be concerned some scientists bias their results to benefit their corporate funders over the public welfare.
What you can do: Join Tarbell in finding false, industry-funded research.
What we learned: Research funded by companies pervades government policy making and regulatory agencies. Slanted and misleading data has a long history of helping corporate bottom lines while endangering public health and welfare.
What you can do: Learn to spot a suspect study by asking the right five questions.
What we learned: How to spot research that is biased to support corporate profits over people.
What you can do: Educate yourself by researching how products you use, like prescription drugs, have caused harm to others.
6 ways you can spot biased research and help expose false findings.
Many organizations demand transparency about funders and authors of industry-backed studies.
Learn about efforts already underway to improve government transparency.
5 ways you can take action in response to the new tax law.
What we found: An eleventh-hour inclusion of provisions to the GOP Tax Law (thanks to the petrochemical industry) allowed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
What you can do: Connect with the Sunlight Foundation’s government transparency efforts.
What we learned: Real estate lobbyists won a hefty tax break in the new tax law.
What you can do: Discover the focus on good government ethics pursued by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust.
What we learned: Hedge fund lobbyists secured a $2 billion tax break for a handful of their clients.
What you can do: Learn about the R Street Institute’s work to promote free market growth through open government.
What we learned: How the U.S. Chamber of Commerce out-organized opponents to pass the new tax law.
What you can do: Find out who is filling your representatives’ pockets thanks to Open Secrets.
Embracing them requires creativity, courage and a willingness to buck Big Pharma’s status quo.
8 ways you can take action on high drug costs.
What we learned: High drug prices hurt real people every day.
What you can do: Share the stories of people affected by high drug prices.
What we learned: Pharma’s concerns about drug safety have stalled efforts to import cheaper drugs.
What you can do: Import cheaper Canadian drugs yourself through PharmacyChecker.com.
What we learned: Unlike other countries, the U.S. government cannot negotiate lower drug prices.
What you can do: Connect with AARP’s effort to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
What we learned: Manufacturers find advantages in the Orphan Drug Act and intellectual property protections to keep prices high.
What you can do: Support efforts to make the regulation and pricing of drugs more transparent.
And why we’re far from done investigating high drug prices.
Critics call it a “coup d’etat” of America’s health care system by pharmaceutical companies.
What we learned: PhRMA paid $14.3 million to think tanks, disease advocacy groups and universities. The money buys both assistance and silence.
What you can do: Call the drug industry trade group at 202-835-3400.
What we learned: In 2016 pharmaceutical and health product companies gave $62.7 million to congressional candidates – both Democrats and Republicans.
What you can do: Submit your story to Patients for Affordable Drugs to raise your voice about how high drug costs impact you.
What we learned: 1,500 of them swarmed Capitol Hill to pass the 21st Century Cures Act.
What you can do: Support efforts to make lobbying in Congress more fair and transparent.