Yet, the buying and selling of elections can have just as much impact on the public's health as the sale of a human kidney. And these days, the public's health is being auctioned to the highest bidder. The Mother Jones 400 . Industry pumped in a record 696 million dollars to elect George W. Bush and a GOP Congress. New drugs bringing questions and recalls.
Side effects kill thousands of patients every year.
Poor monitoring, speedy approvals and aggressive advertising are blamed. Today, the public has more remedies, but some are proving lethal. For pro-Bush interest groups, it's wish list time. Reinventing Campaigns on Television . A proposal from the Alliance for Better Campaigns.