Reduce Health Costs--Ban Pharma Ads

[yellowwood]

Have you noticed how many pharmaceutical ads there are on television? The cost of those ads must be huge, and they must work for the pharmaceutical companies or they wouldn't have so many. Of course, those costs are passed onto us since many of these drugs are paid for by insurance or tax-supported programs.
What sense does it make for a patient to ask for a drug, since he knows nothing about it? And why do physicians comply with patients' requests. Can't they make their own decisions?
And there are so many warnings with most drugs. Obviously we are paying for treating the negative reactions, too.
Taking these ads off the air would be the first improvement that should be made in health programs.