Many of us knew this to be true but when it is written down in some article it packs an even greater punch! OUCH! We should all stop being so afraid of death, and dying for if it weren't for this fear, I believe, THEY (big pharma, physicians, medical "caretakers" etc.) COULD NEVER GET AWAY WITH ROBBING US OF OUR MONEY, HEALTH AND WELL BEING!

More here http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/19/shocking-facts-about-the-pharmaceutical-industry.aspx

and here:
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=327

and even more here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020805/newman20020725

And wake up to the fact that our blind conviction that our healthcare is the world's best keeps us paying double what most developed nations pay, forces manufacturers to add cost of healthcare to the price of their products making them uncompetitive and moving jobs overseas, fails to cover millions (almost unique to us among developed countries), is our single greatest cause of bankruptcy (again, almost unique to us), and provides us with healthcare worse than that of 37 other nations, according to the WHO.

We've been screwed by Big Healthcare, and pimped by free market extremists.

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/82455/