{"id":25605,"date":"2026-02-20T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25605"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:14:12","slug":"should-drug-companies-be-advertising-to-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25605","title":{"rendered":"Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Paula Span for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and \u201923. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consulting. She moved from Arlington, Virginia, to Warren, Rhode Island, where she knew all of two people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was kind of a mess,\u201d recalled Abrams, 69. Trying to cope, \u201cI was eating myself into oblivion.\u201d As her weight hit 270 pounds and her blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose levels climbed, \u201cI knew I was in trouble health-wise.\u201d Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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