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US might finally force cable-TV firms to advertise their actual prices - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

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As Biden noted, the FCC "proposed a new rule that would require cable and satellite TV providers to give consumers the all-in price for the service they're offering up front." The proposed rule would force companies like Comcast, Charter Spectrum, and DirecTV to publish more accurate prices.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Let’s get pharma out of advertising too. NZ and USA are the only countries in the world to allow it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NZ and USA are the only countries in the world to allow it.

No, a ton of others also allow it but there might be more more (or fewer) restrictions. But yes, advertising pharma products is pretty weird. Your doctor should proscribe your meds and you should not ask for something specific because an ad told you so. And many of those proscription free cold medicines are not really necessary or effective anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Direct-to-consumer advertising is the promotion of prescription medicines to the general public. New Zealand and the USA are the only two countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines.1 Feb 2004

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They are the only ones for prescription medicine. I Germany there's also TV ads for medicine, but just for stuff you can just go and buy in a pharmacy.

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