{"podcast":{"title":"Highway Diary with Eric Hollerbach","slug":"highway-diary-with-eric-hollerbach-167427","podcast_index_feed_id":167427,"rss_url":"https://highwaydiarywitherichollerbach.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"http://highwaydiarywitherichollerbach.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/592372/Highway_Diary_Working_Logo732qj.jpg","author":"Eric Hollerbach","episode_count":33,"summary":"Listen in as Eric Hollerbach interviews comedians and conspiracy guru‘s to find truth.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/highway-diary-with-eric-hollerbach-167427"},"episode":{"title":"Highway Diary Ep 419 - Free American Healthcare","slug":"highway-diary-ep-419-free-american-healthcare","published_at":"2025-04-07T19:00:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/highway-diary-with-eric-hollerbach-167427/highway-diary-ep-419-free-american-healthcare","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/highway-diary-with-eric-hollerbach-167427","url":"https://highwaydiarywitherichollerbach.podbean.com/e/highway-diary-ep-419-free-american-healthcare/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rtpprgtqgd3i6rcb/Highway_Diary_with_Eric_Hollerbach_Ep_419axsf1.m4a","summary":"In this Episode I compare healthcare costs and outcomes of many western countries. Then I compare Natropathic VS Alopathic medicine, and how that would fit into our current medical framework. Later I talk about Big Pharma lawsuits, and the struggle between profit and well-being. Big Pharma Lawsuits: 2001 - TAP Pharmaceutical Products - Lupron (Puberty Blocker / Cancer Drug)$875 Million - Medicare Fraud, Kickbacks 2004 - Pfizer - Neurontin (Anti Seizeure)$430 Million total - Criminal and Civil - False Claims Act2014 - $190M again, because they didn’t stop! And, another payment of $325M when the lawyers found the scope of the fraud 2007 - Amgen - Aranesp Enbrel, Neulasta (promote red blood vessel production)$612M Civil / $150M Criminal (Promoting off-label uses) 2011 - Merk - Viox (Anti-inflamitory)$950M Civil Settlement (caused heart attacks) 2012 - GlaxoSmithKline - 10 Medications Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Avandia3 Billiion (1B Crim / 2B Civil) Falseifying Data, Promotion of Pediatric Use 2013 - Johnson & Johnson - Risperdal (antipsychotic)$1.72B Criminal / $485M Criminal (men grew breasts, not good for elderly) 2015 - Takeda - Actos (Diabetes Drug)$2.4B Civil lawsuit (Caused bladder cancer / heart attack / stroke) 2019 - Bayer & J&J - Xarelto (Blood thinner)$775m Civil (Stroke & Death) Then I look at the murder of Brandy Vaughan by Merk, and how she was an effective community organizer. In a Facebook post dated December 4 of 2019, Vaughan asks: \"Ever wonder why I speak out against Big Pharma and suffer the major consequences? Because I will fight for my son and humanity and I will educate people on pharmaceutical product dangers until my last breath!” Dec 7th, 2020 Brandy Vaughan was murdered https://learntherisk.org/","meta_description":"In this Episode I compare healthcare costs and outcomes of many western countries. Then I compare Natropathic VS Alopathic medicine, and how that would fi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1523,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/highway-diary-with-eric-hollerbach-167427/episodes/highway-diary-ep-419-free-american-healthcare/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/highway-diary-with-eric-hollerbach-167427/highway-diary-ep-419-free-american-healthcare.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}