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Pharma company cashed in on Flint water crisis, raised lead poisoning drug prices 2,700 percent

12/1/2016 - During the Flint city water crisis, as children's brains were being poisoned by lead coming from their tap water, one pharmaceutical company was caught cashing in, in the greediest way. Valeant Pharmaceuticals hiked the price of an important medicine that treats severe lead poisoning. They hiked the...

Hospitals raise their prices despite public outcry from over-burdened patients

10/21/2016 3:49:29 PM - When word got out last year that a handful of hospitals throughout Florida were massively price-gouging their patients, experts predicted that the outrageous bills for services at these care facilities would quickly drop in response. But the exact opposite occurred, a new investigation has found, with...

Hospitals see spike in drug prices 'that often have nothing to do with improving patient health'

10/18/2016 - "Random and inconsistent" drug price hikes are affecting hospitals - as well as patients - according to a new report commissioned by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH). The report, which was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC)...

Dairy industry murdered 500,000 dairy cows just to keep milk prices high

9/26/2016 - Four big names in the dairy industry reportedly conspired to artificially inflate the cost of dairy products in the United States. The market fraud occurred between 2004 and 2008 when milk prices increased 66 cents per hundredweight. The increase was made possible through a pact between several major...

US drug prices spike due to the profiteering monopoly granted to Big Pharma by the corrupt US government

9/20/2016 - If you don't believe that Big Pharma has a stranglehold on the U.S. government, maybe this will convince you: The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has now officially admitted that pharmaceutical companies have been granted a monopoly that allows them to charge whatever they want for...

Harvard study: U.S. government actively props up Big Pharma's profiteering monopoly

9/12/2016 - Many of us have long believed that the high drug prices in this country can be blamed on the government for allowing Big Pharma to have a monopoly, and now a Harvard study has admitted that this is indeed the main cause of this increasingly serious problem. The paper, which is entitled The High Cost...

Food prices skyrocketing across USA: Top 10 foods that went up the most in the last year

8/8/2016 - With the crazy instability of the economy these days, nearly everyone has a frugal grocery budget as they struggle to cut expenses where they can. (Article by Daisy Luther, republished from http://www.govtslaves.info) Those of us who are strong believers in building a pantry tend to pay particular...

FEMA simulation warns unstable food supply may cause 395% spike in food prices across America

6/30/2016 - The globalist powers are planning for a real-life Hunger Games scenario in the next 15–20 years, according to new reports. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says food prices are likely to quadruple all across the U.S. between 2020 and 2030, and that many people could end up having...

Organic, non-GMO agriculture and food prices can easily be made affordable... and it's already being demonstrated in Peru

5/14/2016 - When it comes to non-GMO foods, governments, food giants and Big Agri seem to have excuse after excuse lined up to protect the development of GMO at the expense of the growth of the non-GMO and organic sectors. There has long been a myth around the fact that GMO labels increase the price of food, but...

India caves to Big Pharma, gives up power to set affordable prices on non-essential drugs

3/22/2016 - Not only is the pharmaceutical industry guilty of bringing side-effect wrath to people's lives across the planet, but they are also the very machine that drains people financially in times of sickness. The pharmaceutical drug machine is so cumbersome and expensive that medical systems around the world...

Massive food inflation strikes Canada... consumers paying $8 for a head of cauliflower, $3 for a single cucumber.

1/25/2016 - Due to a "perfect storm" of inflationary factors – not the least of which being the continuing drop in oil prices – Canadians are seeing the effects of a weakening currency reflected in food prices at the supermarket. $3 cucumbers, $8 for a head of cauliflower, grapes at $10 per bag –...

Drugmakers thumb nose at government pressure, hike drug prices at every opportunity

1/18/2016 - Despite the public's outrage at the pharmaceutical drug industry's price increases that basically occur on a regular basis, Big Pharma. They're even determined to jack prices up to outrageous – and often unaffordable – levels, despite the fact that politicians, and even the very medical...

US oil drillers headed for imminent financial collapse due to suppressed oil prices

12/26/2015 - The collapse in the price of oil and gasoline due to major increases in global supply has been a financial boon to tens of millions of cash-strapped Americans still struggling to earn a living in a stagnant economy. But while consumers are breathing a sigh of relief, many oil producers are increasingly...

Venezuela to plunge into mass social unrest if oil prices stay low, warn analysts

12/16/2015 - For countries that depend primarily on oil revenues to fund government services, hard times are upon them. And they are likely to continue, analysts say. That's because oil prices have collapsed, thanks to several different factors, and while that is good news for consumers, truckers, airlines and...

Beef thefts on the rise nationwide as record-high prices disrupt Americans' food supply

11/17/2015 - As beef prices climb to record highs, more and more people are resorting to shoplifting to get their hands on it. A recent CBS News article reported on the trend, pointing out the fact that meat is the most popular food item for thieves. The problem is becoming worse as the cost of beef increases,...

Bird flu epidemic expected to raise poultry costs, exacerbating economic burden of food inflation

7/7/2015 - Millions of chickens and turkeys in a number of states have been stricken by the latest bird flu outbreak, decimating entire flocks in what analysts believe will lead to spiking poultry prices in the coming months. In the upper Midwest, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota are the latest states to have...

Big Pharma's exorbitant cancer drug prices are due to corrupt monopolies, not development costs, study shows

4/9/2015 - Authors of a new report published online in Mayo Clinic Proceedings say that dramatically higher prices for cancer medications are beginning to have a negative effect on patient care in the U.S., as well as the American health care system overall. "Americans with cancer pay 50 percent to 100 percent...

Ground beef prices hit another record high as economy circles the drain

4/8/2015 - The price of ground beef just set another record high in recent days, as a combination of factors including the 2012 drought, which caused ranchers to dramatically thin herds, contribute to its doubling in price since 2010. As reported by CNS News, the average ground beef price rose to its new record...

Food inflation on the rise - list

3/25/2015 - If you've read any economic news lately, you've probably been treated to a host of stories touting a "strong" U.S. recovery, really low unemployment, and very little inflation. And, if you're like most working class Americans, you've probably read those stories while shaking your head in disbelief and...

Food prices continue to skyrocket in America; get ready to grow your own at FoodRising.org

1/31/2015 - Americans paid more for meat, poultry, fish and eggs this past Christmas than at any other time since the federal government first began tracking this data back in 1967, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Despite a slight overall decline in the Consumer Price...

Prices for electricity, meats and eggs reach record highs

1/31/2015 - Corporate-run media likes to make government bureaucrats appear divided, color-coded red and blue, put into republican and democrat boxing matches, but at their roots, nearly all politicians are the same, corrupted by their positions of power and the pressure of corporate money. Once in office, nearly...

Thieves suspected in disappearance of 150 cattle as beef prices skyrocket

12/28/2014 - A recent headline in The Spokesman-Review seemed to have been pulled right out of the Old West: "Rustling suspected as Idaho cattle herds vanish." The article describes how three ranchers have had 150 cattle "go missing" over the last few weeks. Those cattle are estimated to be worth $350,000, about...

Tumbling oil prices to unleash social unrest across the globe

12/22/2014 - Americans are breathing a small sigh of relief these days every time they pull into a gas station to fill up: Prices at the pump are the lowest they have been in years, and what's even better is that a global oil glut fed in large part by massive new U.S. reserves in shale oil fields is expected to...

Collapsing oil prices to slow green revolution as energy costs plummet

12/18/2014 - As oil prices tumble -- some industry experts say prices could collapse to $40 a barrel -- the global economy is being reshaped in ways that are going to be beneficial to economic growth, personal incomes and industrial expansion. But the same collapse in prices won't be universally good, say other...

Price of ground beef continues to break new records

12/3/2014 - Consumption of meat certainly is not for everyone, but hamburger meat is consumed by tens of millions of Americans every day, and when the cost of this staple item rises, it affects the pocketbooks of millions of families, many of which are already having trouble making ends meet. In the Obama economy...

By the gallon, milk is now more expensive than gasoline in America

11/17/2014 - For years, Americans have been getting fleeced at the gas pump -- with regular fuel at prices surpassing $3 a gallon and, for brief periods of time since 2008, more than $4 a gallon. Whether or not you're a fan of fossil fuels, the fact of the matter is that the industrialized world still runs on...

Sierra Leone announces indefinite citizen lockdown: two million people forced into endless quarantine as food prices skyrocket

9/26/2014 - High-density population areas of Sierra Leone have just been locked down in the largest pandemic quarantine in history, and it's already causing a collapse of the food delivery infrastructure. The local government says forced isolation orders will remain in effect until Ebola is eradicated. This essentially...

Egg industry trade group illegally fixed prices by artificially restricting supply, lawsuit alleges

9/17/2014 - That certification stamp on egg cartons is supposed to be a sign of quality, but according to a new lawsuit, an egg industry trade group called United Egg Producers, was using the stamp of certification as a manipulative tool. UEP coerced egg producers to join as members of their cult and engage in...

Ground beef prices hit all-time high in US

9/1/2014 - Disingenuous claims by the Obama Administration of widespread economic recovery are blighted by new data recently put forth by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). According to the latest figures, the average price of ground beef in the U.S. has now reached $3.884 per pound, the highest amount ever...

Consumer groups can reduce prices and improve free market without government bureaucracy

8/16/2014 - When the free market fails or becomes corrupted, many people's first instinct is to call on the government to intervene and make things right. But a new study out of the UK has found that ordinary people can bring about real change when they simply band together with one another and use the power of...

Beef and bacon prices hit all-time high in U.S. as meat prices continue to soar

7/25/2014 - Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have sprung up in recent years, confining cattle in as little space as possible, with no room for the animals to roam, with no grass for them to feed on. Genetically modified feed is trough-fed to the animals as they fight for space and trounce in their...

Your tax dollars at work: Govt. buys hundreds of billions worth of overpriced drugs each year

7/1/2014 2:08:58 PM - Scores of Americans are discovering that natural, alternative treatments for many of their most common ailments is preferable to ingesting gene-altering medications, but through taxes they are nonetheless helping to fund hundreds of billions of dollars in government medication spending each year, through...

Food prices are rising in America; researchers predict food shortages followed by mass riots

6/23/2014 - The social contract of peace and compliance only exists in any country so long as society is civil enough to permit it, government policies notwithstanding. So it is with some apprehension that sociologists and demographers are watching vulnerable populations in the United States for any signs of unrest...

U.S. food prices rising 367% faster than inflation; chemical agriculture headed for catastrophic failure

6/17/2014 - Food prices are now skyrocketing across the USA, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Their most recent report (1) reveals that prices of meat, poultry, fish and eggs leaped 7.7 percent over the last year. That's nearly 367% higher than the official 2.1% inflation rate claimed by the federal government....

$15 minimum wage for fast food workers? Here's what it means for living wages, food prices and jobs

6/2/2014 - The City Council of Seattle has just approved an ordinance which would raise the minimum wage of workers in that city to $15 an hour.(1) The phase-in takes seven years to complete, with small business given more time to adopt the new wage minimums than large businesses. Because emotions run high...

World Bank warns of food riots as rising food prices push world populations toward revolt

5/30/2014 - A new report issued by the World Bank (1) warns that food prices are skyrocketing globally, with wheat up 18 percent and corn up 12 percent this quarter. Ukraine, one of the largest wheat exporters in the world, has suffered a 73 percent increase in domestic wheat costs. Argentina has seen wheat prices...

Fresh produce prices skyrocketing in 2014

4/25/2014 - The embattled American consumer can't seem to catch a break. Gas prices remain high, electric rates are rising, clothing is becoming more expensive, school debt is piling up, taxes are climbing, healthcare costs have not come down and food prices -- wow. Everything that costs money is rising, while...

U.S. food prices up 19 percent in 2014; increasing inflation feared

4/14/2014 - Despite proclamations that the "economy is improving" and that "unemployment is down," one thing is evident and that is - for a number of reasons - food costs are soaring, and as they do, those most vulnerable, like the poor, the elderly and those earning the lowest wages, are being hurt the most. "We...

Hospital charges snake bite victim $89,000 for treatment

2/1/2014 - The American medical industry has become a con, an economic hoax, bloating prices to unthinkable levels for simple medical services. It's obvious that the medical industry tries to rake in as much as they can from insurance companies as patients are caught in the whirlwind. It's hard to blame them,...

Obamacare failures begin: D.C. health exchange prices are broken until mid-November

9/27/2013 - Less than a week before the "official" roll-out of Obamacare and the system is in a shambles. Americans remain fearful and confused about the new law. Benefits and pricing still hasn't been worked out. And worse, some of the state and territorial exchanges called for under the law are already on...

Argentina's regime leader Kirchner freezes food prices, pushes country toward food shortages and riots

2/11/2013 - A few days ago, Argentina's populist female president Cristina Kirchner ordered a price freeze on food products. This price freeze was levied against the largest food retailers in the country, and it is just the latest example of utterly insane economic policies made by populist national leaders who...

Sky-high gas prices in California reveal energy infrastructure ripe for sudden collapse

10/7/2012 - If you're in California, you're paying sky-high prices for gasoline this week. At some stations, prices are over $5 a gallon. But you might not be aware of why you're paying this price. The answer may be more than a little disturbing: California's energy infrastructure is so fragile that a power outage...

Food crisis deepens as World Bank issues hunger warning

9/7/2012 - The drought which gripped most of the U.S. this past summer had much more far-reaching consequences for the rest of the world, leading the World Bank, in part, to issue a hunger warning in late August. The U.S. drought, coupled with similar weather patterns and conditions in parts of Europe and Africa...

Global food prices skyrocketing; up 10 percent in month of July alone

9/6/2012 - Global food prices leaped 10 percent between June and July, the World Bank has warned, pushing corn and soybean prices in particular to record highs. The newest estimate outstrips even the recent alarming warning by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which had noted a six percent...

It's not just the U.S. - Food inflation will affect entire globe in 2013

8/28/2012 - Grocery prices in the United States have risen steadily for months now, but because of the drought here at home and other global market forces, food costs are set to skyrocket around the world as well, say experts. In addition to parched farmland throughout much of the U.S. and near the Black Sea,...

Desperate farmers turn to feeding their cattle candy loaded with corn syrup

8/21/2012 - Desperate times call for desperate measures, and no question the current drought spanning much of the nation's mid-section has left many a farmer desperate. For some cattle; however, things are pretty sweet at the moment. That's because as feed becomes harder to get and more expensive, some farmers...

Skyrocketing ground beef prices hit record highs

8/21/2012 - As drought conditions persist well into late summer across the majority of U.S. states, agricultural production continues to be well below normal, meaning consumers will literally be paying the price for so much crop destruction. One product where that has already begun to happen is beef; in fact,...

Global corn prices surge 23 percent from drought; food inflation to accelerate in 2012 and 2013

8/14/2012 - You have automobile insurance, homeowners insurance, and perhaps even health and life insurance, among other coverage. Do you also have food insurance, as in, stored supplies of food that can get you through days and weeks of food shortages, should the economy collapse or a terrorist strike? Okay,...

Food prices to spike in 2012 due to mass droughts

8/5/2012 - Long after one of the hottest and driest North American summers on record has turned to fall, consumers will still be feeling its effects in the form of higher food prices, possibly worldwide. The current year has been the hottest ever yet recorded in the United States, according to data collected...

Natural food prices falling as big name distributors ramp up offerings

7/11/2012 - It seems that more and more big name supermarkets have a natural foods section with natural food and products. Kroger in particular has pushed its Nature's Market, now found in more than 1,300 of the 2,500 stores nationwide. With the demand to increase market share for natural foods between competitors,...

Federal antitrust complaint claims Hershey conspired with the world's largest chocolatiers to fix prices in the U.S

4/17/2012 - Americans appear to be eating less processed chocolate products than they used to, which has led to a steady decline in the overall growth rate of the chocolate products market. And a new complaint filed in federal court alleges that The Hershey Company, America's largest chocolatier, has been conspiring...

With grocery prices rising faster than restaurant prices, here's how cooking at home is always a bargain

3/26/2012 7:44:25 AM - In an age where the prevailing economic system often requires both parents working full time just to make ends meet, it's no wonder so many families eat out. The Fiscal Times reports that consumers now spend almost 4.5% of their total income on dining out, and now there's even more motivation. With...

Food inflation: Beef prices continue to skyrocket

2/9/2012 - A recent CBS article wrote of wholesale beef prices rising to the point where retail beef sales are dropping. Unhappy customers are asking how much is the beef now instead of where's the beef. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) claims the cattle herd in the USA is at its lowest since 1952, at only...

2012, another year of major food price hikes?

1/23/2012 - Food commodity prices have been on the rise over the past two years, which means food retailers, vendors, and restauranteurs have had to figure out creative ways to absorb these added costs while still offering quality products that their customers can afford. But it looks like 2012 will be a definitive...

Food prices continue to skyrocket, even when gas prices fall

7/11/2011 - Food prices are skyrocketing. Part of the reason why is because, as the world's population rises, so too has food consumption. Another reason, at least here in the United States, is because the dollar has slipped in value in recent months. But one of the primary reasons why prices are climbing...

World entering era of permanent food crisis, with prices to double over next 20 years

6/9/2011 - The average price of staple foods will more than double in the next 20 years, Oxfam warns. The world is entering an era of permanent food crisis, which is likely to be accompanied by political unrest, and the situation will lead to an unprecedented reversal in human development, it said. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/31/oxfam-food-prices-double-2030) International...

Global food inflation hits hemp seed, coconut oil and other superfoods: Here's why it's happening

5/23/2011 - Food inflation is hitting the superfood industry right where it hurts -- in the wallet. Thanks to several factors you'll read about here, prices on hemp seeds, hemp oils, coconut oil and other superfoods are set to skyrocket beginning in just a few days. One of the largest superfood suppliers in the...

World Bank says food prices are at dangerously high levels

3/17/2011 - Global food prices are nearly as high as they have ever been, the World Bank has warned, and may produce political instability worldwide. Prices in early February soared to a level just 3 percent lower than the record highs of 2008, when food riots rocked dozens of countries. This marked a 29 percent...

Food prices to skyrocket, riots could follow, suggests USDA

3/1/2011 - When the upswing in commodity prices eventually makes its way throughout the food system in mid-to-late 2011, food prices are sure to spike with levels potentially reaching those of 2008, announced U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) economist Ephraim Leibtag at the agency's annual Outlook Forum....

Fresh produce prices to double or triple following freak freezes - is Earth in a magnetic pole shift?

2/14/2011 - In an article posted on January 3 of this year, I predicted a rise in food prices resulting from freak weather events (https://www.naturalnews.com/030903_predictions_2011.html). Here's what I said in that article: By the end of 2012, I predict significant food supply disruptions in North America,...

Grocery prices skyrocket faster than official inflation

1/27/2011 - Grocery prices increased at more than 50 percent the rate of inflation in 2010, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food prices increased an average of 1.7 percent between November 2009 and November 2010, in comparison with a general inflation rate of only 1.1 percent. The...

Global food supply dwindling, hard-hit populations at the brink

1/19/2011 - A rapid increase in demand coupled with insufficient food production has stretched the world's food supply to the limit. Already, food prices have hit record highs and food riots have recently broken out in several countries. Yet experts fear this is only the tip of the iceberg, and we may be on the...

Food bubble collapse threatens survival of human civilization

1/18/2011 - The following article originally ran on NaturalNews in 2008 but was shifted over to Counterthink.com which ultimately got replaced with political cartoons. In light of today's sudden attention on the food bubble and the possible collapse of human civilization as described by author and environmentalist...

Food skyrockets to highest prices ever

1/10/2011 - Figures recently released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) index of 55 food commodities indicates that worldwide food prices hit a record high in December. Though the costs of some food commodities like rice, corn and soy actually decreased, oil seeds and sugar jumped significantly due...

Chocolate prices could skyrocket as cocoa farmers leave business

11/16/2010 - The era of cheap chocolate may soon come to an end as many cocoa farmers in West Africa -- which represents the largest cocoa-growing region in the world -- continue to leave the business. Pest problems, low pay, and a difficult growing cycle, have together taken much of the incentive out of growing...

Global sugar prices soar as Brazilian crop impacted by heavy rains

11/6/2010 - The price of sugar is nearing an all-time high as heavy rains in Brazil, the world's biggest producer of sugar, have caused a significant reduction in crop yields. According to a recent Bloomberg report, sugar production in Brazil's Center South, the most productive sugar region in the nation, plunged...

Raising soda prices reduces consumption better than educating the public

10/17/2010 - Raising soda prices appears to reduce consumption significantly, but nutrition education campaigns have little impact, according to a study conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and published in the American Journal of Public Health. Growing concern over the nation's...

Food prices to rise globally as energy prices edge higher

10/10/2010 - Rising energy prices and a shift to Western consumption patterns will continue to push global food prices higher in the coming decade, according to the annual agricultural outlook issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Higher...

Big Pharma Quietly Hikes Drug Prices 100 Percent or More

2/20/2009 - Without any fanfare, pharmaceutical companies have been raising the prices of many of their drugs by 100 percent or more, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota. The researchers investigated cases in which drugs had their prices increased by 100 percent or...

Deflationary Spiral Signals More Stock Market Declines Ahead

12/24/2008 - Everybody in America is excited about the new president. We tend to think that as soon as he is inaugurated things will get better and a new era of prosperity will begin. We are so excited that we are even putting money into the stock market again, buying at what we think is a bottom. Yet the recent...

US Accounts for Forty-Five Percent of Worldwide Pharmaceutical Spending

11/20/2008 - A recently released study of per capita spending on pharmaceuticals reveals that the US spends more than any other major industrialized nation, nearly twice the average amount of the 30 countries included in the assessment. In addition, we spend an average of 30% more for the same drugs. The report...

Cheap Food Bubble Has Burst: Expect to Pay More to Eat From Now On

10/22/2008 - Food prices are only going to keep rising, and will likely never return to their prior levels, the Times newspaper has reported food experts as saying. Already Bangladesh, Haiti, Egypt, the Philippines and several countries in West Africa have experienced rioting over the high costs of basic staples...

As Food Prices Rise, Fertilizer Shortage Now Threatens World's Farms

10/13/2008 - The world is faced with a global fertilizer shortage, experts say, placing even more strain on food prices. In the last few decades, an increasing reliance on industrial fertilizers has led to surging demands for the largely fossil-fuel-based products. Between 1996 and 2008 alone, fertilizer increased...

Food Riots Have Already Begun as Global Grain Prices Skyrocket, Supplies Dwindle

10/1/2008 - Riots and other forms of civil unrest have already broken out around the world in response to a global grain shortage and surging food prices. According to data from the World Food Program and the early warning and global information system of the Food and Agricultural Organization, street protests...

Global Food Supply Dwindling as Prices Skyrocket, Warns UN

7/19/2008 - The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jacques Diouf, has warned that the world's supply of food is shrinking, creating "a very serious risk that fewer people will be able to get food." Prices of food have risen to record levels in recent years, due to a combination...

Solutions to the Global Food Crisis

6/20/2008 - Today we actually have several converging crisis and the news sounds bad but have you noticed how they manage to package everything in the media? Things are worsening on almost every front yet they manage to put a good face on events. Items that would have been crushing news only six months ago today...

The Economics of World Hunger

6/7/2008 - Food has become the new gold. Investors weary of the real-estate bubble-burst have poured millions of dollars into grain futures. This has succeeded in driving up prices even more. Now we are witnessing a global panic as nations are waging a run on our wheat harvest. Foreign investors have begun...

Spiraling Food Prices Result in Deadly Violence Around the World

5/21/2008 - Anger and political unrest over escalating world food prices is becoming increasingly violent. Higher prices for the basic food commodities used by developing countries have produced clashes in Egypt and several African states. The government of Haiti has fallen from a political segue that started with...

The Biofuels Scam, Food Shortages and the Coming Collapse of the Human Population

4/23/2008 - It was one of the dumbest "green" ideas ever proposed: Convert millions of acres of cropland into fields for growing ethanol from corn, then burn fossil fuels to harvest the ethanol, expending more energy to extract the fuel than you get from the fuel itself! Meanwhile, sit back and proclaim you've...

Understanding the Transition From Seed Corn to Biofuels

3/21/2008 - We are about to witness and experience the greatest sustained rise in grain prices seen in the last 30 years. This rise will include wheat, rice, and maize; these three comprising over 90% of all grains cultivated on the planet. Let's do some digging to figure out what is causing this sharp increase. The...

Hospitals rip off self-paying, poor customers with triple prices compared to insurance reimbursements

10/1/2007 - Hospitals in the United States have been charging self-paying patients, including the uninsured, vastly more for health services than they charge insurance providers and much more than the maximum costs allowed by Medicare, according to a 2004 study published in the journal Health Affairs. "Over...

Global wheat supply shortage spikes prices, worries importers

8/28/2007 - An anticipated shortage in worldwide wheat supply led to panic buying on August 23 and caused prices of the grain to skyrocket. This has led to fears that worldwide food prices may rise, with devastating consequences for the poor. The panic began when Canada announced an anticipated wheat harvest...

Medication prices skyrocket for senior citizens

4/2/2007 - Almost 200 of the brand-name prescription drugs most commonly used by seniors rose in price at nearly twice the rate of inflation last year, according to a report by the seniors' lobby group AARP (formerly known as the American Association Of Retired Persons). Jump directly to: conventional view...

Home prices continue downward slide in 40 U.S. states

3/12/2007 - The housing market continued to take a beating in the last quarter of 2006, as home sales fell in 40 states and the national median price fell by another 2.7 percent compared with the year before. Large numbers of unsold homes make it likely that the depression in price will continue. Jump directly...

Bush Administration opposes Democratic plan to lower Medicare drug prices through volume purchasing discounts

11/14/2006 - This past weekend, the Bush administration stated that it would be strongly opposing a top priority of the Democratic Party -- the authorization of the U.S. government to negotiate with drug companies to ensure lower prices for Medicare beneficiaries. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael...

Brand-name drug prices rise faster than inflation

9/21/2006 - The prices of brand-name prescription drugs used by older Americans continue to increase, while generic drugs used by the same age group remain relatively unchanged in price, according to the AARP's quarterly Rx Watchdog Report. The report listed 200 brand-name prescription drugs that on average...

Prices rise for drugs used by US elderly: studies (press release)

8/24/2006 - Prices of medicines used by older Americans for chronic conditions such as arthritis and high cholesterol are rising even as new federal drug coverage has been rolled out to help make prescriptions more affordable, two separate studies released on Tuesday showed. Researchers at Families USA found...

Prescription drug prices rise four times faster than inflation; biggest jump in six years

6/21/2006 - -- Two reports released by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) found that prices of brand-name prescription drugs in the United States rose nearly four times as fast as the inflation rate in the first quarter, while the prices of generic drugs remained unchanged. The most widely prescribed...

Warning signs of the housing bubble crash (part two)

1/1/2006 - This is Mike Adams talking about the looming housing bubble burst in the U.S. real estate market. It's coming. As I said before, I predicted the dot-com bust, but I was three years early. It's impossible to predict the exact timing on these things, but when the signs are there, you know it's coming....

Prices of prescription drugs outpace inflation by fifty percent

7/1/2004 - Little wonder here: prescription drug prices spiked up shortly after passage of the Medicare drug benefit law. The law was widely regarded as a guaranteed handout to drug companies, and now the pharmaceutical industry is making the most of the handout by spiking prices as quickly as they can. This...

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