(2015/07/07) Drugged and broke (Health Care)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 July 2015
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Edition #936
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: PILLS - The answer to all your problems! - @RedactedTonight w/ @LeeCamp - Air Date: 10-9-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: War On Drugs (Bonus Track) - Marc Goone
Ch. 4: Act 2: Are Drug Companies the Most Evil? - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 04-29-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: So Much More - Marc Robillard
Ch. 6: Act 3: Marketing to Doctors - @LastWeekTonight w/ @iamjohnoliver - Air Date: 02-08-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Ask Your Doctor - Don Arbor
Ch. 8: Act 4: Pharma Advertising in Finland - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-03-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Overdose (The Chainsmokers Remix) - Single - Little Daylight
Ch. 10: Act 5: SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 06-25-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Knock Yourself Out - Jon Brion
Ch. 12: Act 6: US health insurance vs European insurance - Health Care For ALL Oregon (@HCAO)
Ch. 13: Song 6: Dawn Departure, Jefferson County - Black Prairie
Ch. 14: Act 7: Commonwealth Fund: How are people's health coverage going? - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date: 1-11-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Keepsake - State Radio
Ch. 16: Act 8: Why should I pay for everybody else's healthcare - Health Care For ALL Oregon (@HCAO)
Ch. 17: Song 8: Zebra - Beach House
Ch. 18: Act 9: Universal Access To Affordable Medicine via @NeedyMeds & @AccessOurMeds — Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: The Poet - Shihan
Ch. 20: Act 10: We pay way more for health care and get way less - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date: 3-29-15
Voicemails
Ch. 21: In response to the libertarian caller - Brian from Ohio
Ch. 22: We're subsidizing the security of the world at our own expense - Nathan from Sunnyvale, South Bay
Ch. 23: I tip my hat to you on recent racism episode - V from Western New York
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 24: Final comments asking for your messages, questions or stories about happiness
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: Universal Access To Affordable Medicine via @NeedyMeds & @AccessOurMeds
Take Action:
SIGN the "Access Our Medicine” Declaration from the Access Our Medicine Initiative
Additional Activism/Resources:
Let people know about The Generic Assistance Program (GAP) for prescription medications through NeedyMeds
Sources/further reading:
"Trading Away Health: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)” via Doctors Without Borders
"What the Affordable Care Act Means for Prescription Coverage” via The Washington Post
"Prescription Drug Costs and Health Reform: FAQ” via WebMD
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details that visit |
| 0:06.1 | the Contribute tab at BestOfTheLifetime.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award winning BestOfTheLifetime Podcast with Cups Today from Redacted |
| 0:13.0 | Tonight with Lee Camp, the Majority Report last week tonight with John Oliver, the David |
| 0:17.7 | Packman Show, the Tom Hartman program, Health Care for All Oregon and Economic Update. |
| 0:30.2 | Up until recently, things weren't going very well for me. |
| 0:34.3 | I had a pain in my back and I wasn't happy at my job. |
| 0:37.9 | My wife wouldn't stop nagging me to lose weight, my hair was going limp and my penis was |
| 0:43.1 | thinning. |
| 0:44.9 | The bills just kept piling up, my dog had glaucoma and my kids. |
| 0:50.0 | My kids were losers. |
| 0:51.9 | On top of that I never got to see my grandkids because I don't have any. |
| 0:56.5 | There was no longer interested in my favorite TV shows, the world seemed oppressing and my |
| 1:01.7 | cat would not stop pooping. |
| 1:04.1 | But that's when I discovered that I would likely lose my hearing in 30 to 40 years if I didn't |
| 1:10.1 | stop using Q-tips at high speed. |
| 1:12.7 | And my house was built out of asbestos. |
| 1:15.7 | My feet always hurt and I was terrible at softball, perhaps the worst ever played a game. |
| 1:21.0 | My legs were restless, my hands would stop twitching and my parakeet was cheating on |
| 1:26.0 | me with our neighbor. |
| 1:27.0 | But that all changed. |
| 1:29.3 | When I discovered pills, pills solved all my problems and could solve yours too. |
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