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Sacklers Who Disavow OxyContin May Have Benefited From It - ProPublica

Sacklers Who Disavow OxyContin May Have Benefited From It - ProPublica

Much as the role of the addictive multibillion-dollar painkiller OxyContin in the opioid crisis has stirred c…

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How a 25-Cent Cancer Pill Became a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Business

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By Jessica Lussenhop Verified, David Armstrong Verified
| Reader Supported News
Reporter David Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer and soon learned that one of his drugs sold for almost $1,000 per pill — despite the fact it cost just pennies to make. What he found out helps explain why our healthcare system is the most expensive in the world. Reporter David Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer and soon learned that one of his drugs would cost almost $1,000 per pill. He set out to discover why, and uncovered financial records and legal filings that shocked him.
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How a 25-Cent Cancer Pill Became a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Business

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By Jessica Lussenhop Verified, David Armstrong Verified
| ProPublica Verified
Reporter David Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer and soon learned that one of his drugs would cost almost $1,000 per pill. He set out to discover why, and uncovered financial records and legal filings that shocked him. The drugmaker’s strategy to raise the price over and over again helps explain why our healthcare system is the most expensive in the world. Read the original story here. A transcript of this episode will be posted soon.
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

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By Ken B. Morales, David Armstrong Verified
| Flipboard
7 hours ago Daniel Tocci's attorney had previously argued that the case should be dismissed because “all the evidence" stemmed from his Capitol siege case. A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6 has been sentenced for possessing more than 100,000 child sexual abuse images and videos …
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