HURRRYY ASAP Read this passage from a rhetorical text.
What counterargument is made to the claim that
direct-to-consumer ads should be banned?
Among many serious problems currently afflicting the
US healthcare system, the direct-to-consumer
advertising of prescription drugs may seem like a
harmless practice. Yet there are good reasons to be
wary of allowing drug manufacturers to pitch their
products directly to consumers. In fact, the American
Medical Association was so concerned about
misinformation that it called for a ban on these ads. Yet
the ads continue today. The US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) does require drug ads to meet
certain criteria including disclosing a brief summary of
the risks associated with taking a drug, but the
government must go further and ban such
advertisements altogether. The safety of American
consumers is at stake.
There are good reasons to be wary of allowing
direct-to-consumer drug ads.
The FDA regulates direct-to-consumer drug
marketing by having requirements for ads.
Direct-to-consumer drug ads keep patients informed
and encourage doctor-patient communication.
Doctors believe direct-to-consumer drug ads
encourage demands for drugs that are not needed.
The drug industry insists that drug ads keep patients
ed