&gt; <i>information about medicines</i><p>TV ads are not &quot;information about medicines&quot;, that&#x27;s just ridiculous. They are mind-games the advertisers play with potential customers in hope of squeezing more cash out of them.<p>You want true information? Read peer-review studies.<p>&gt; <i>Under the current model a doctor could say &quot;You should take &lt;x&gt;&quot; and I would have little to no exposure to alternatives</i><p>Right, &#x27;cause doctors are evil like that. I just saw an ad revealing what doctors don&#x27;t want me to know, I am totally going to believe it!