Health Care & Prescription Drugs In The News

America's health care costs are breaking budgets all over, but the tab for pharmaceuticals just keeps rising.

In 1980, Americans spent $12 billion on prescription drugs. Now it's more like $200 billion. More than any other country -- and yet we don't live longer than others.

Reporter Melody Petersen asked what's going on. What she found was shocking conflicts of interest. Medical professionals co-opted by drug companies for shady research and non-stop marketing. It looks like a scandal of pushers.

This hour, On Point: Our daily meds, and a nation hooked on prescription drugs.

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