SENATE HEARING ON HIGH COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on the high cost of prescription drugs, which is the...
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CPPI Director
- Jun 2, 2017
- 1 min
READ BETWEEN THE LINES
When was the last time that you went to pick up your medication and negotiated what you pay the pharmacy? Negotiating prices between...
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CPPI Director
- May 22, 2017
- 1 min
PRESCRIPTION JUSTICE: WHY SOME AMERICANS DON’T BUY SAFE AND AFFORDABLE MEDICATION ONLINE
Recently, PharmacyChecker.com wrote about a Zogby Poll commissioned by Prescription Justice showing that more than 30% of Americans who...
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CPPI Director
- May 15, 2017
- 1 min
VOX: INSULIN DRUG PRICES TELL US A LOT ABOUT WHAT’S WRONG WITH DRUG PRICING IN AMERICA
Julia Belluz, in this Vox article, recalls a very different pricing strategy for prescription drugs – Doctors who refused to patent the...
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CPPI Director
- May 5, 2017
- 1 min
MORNING CONSULT OP-ED: SAFETY IS THE PRIORITY OF DRUG IMPORTATION
Today, CPPI Executive Director Tracy Cooley published an op-ed in Morning Consult on the importance of safety to daily personal...
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CPPI Director
- May 1, 2017
- 1 min
KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION POLL: MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT DRUG IMPORTATION
Reposted with permission from the Kaiser Family Foundation A new Kaiser Family Foundation study highlights Americans’ perspective on...
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CPPI Director
- Apr 28, 2017
- 1 min
AN AMERICAN SICKNESS
Award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal’s new book – An American Sickness – dives deeps into the medical system to...
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CPPI Director
- Apr 28, 2017
- 1 min
PHARMACYCHECKER.COM: PRICE SAVINGS FROM CANADIAN PHARMACIES AVERAGE 70%
Recently, PharmacyChecker.com released its quarterly International Drug Price Savings Report showing that Americans can potentially save...
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CPPI Director
- Apr 20, 2017
- 1 min
NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED: HOW TO STOP PRICE GOUGING
In today’s New York Times, Tim Wu challenges the Administration to do something about the high cost of drugs. The op-ed – How to Stop...
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CPPI Director
- Apr 19, 2017
- 1 min
BLOOMBERG: HOW DRUG-COMPANY ‘BENEVOLENCE’ SILENCES THE SICK
Bloomberg columnist Joe Nocera exposes questionable practices of a #BigPharma company in claiming a partnership with a patient advocacy...
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CPPI Director
- Apr 13, 2017
- 1 min
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: LET’S ADDRESS THE HIGH COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Today, the Chicago Tribune published an op-ed from Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8th) on the rising cost of prescription drugs. As...
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CPPI Director
- Apr 7, 2017
- 1 min
JOE NOCERA: DRUG LOBBY GETTING TOUCHY ABOUT DRUG PRICES
Bloomberg View Columnist Joe Nocera compares the drug lobby to big tobacco and Wall Street crooks who drove the country into a recession....
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CPPI Director
- Mar 31, 2017
- 1 min
HUFFINGTON POST: AMERICANS DEMAND LOWER DRUG PRICES
We could not have said it better ourselves, check out this lead-in paragraph in a recent Huffington Post story: It is morally wrong that...
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CPPI Director
- Mar 22, 2017
- 1 min
NEW AARP POLL: OLDER AMERICANS FRUSTRATED BY HIGH DRUG PRICES
This week, AARP released a report – Power of the 50-Plus Voter – showing that older Americans are frustrated over the high cost of...
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CPPI Director
- Mar 17, 2017
- 1 min
PERSONAL STORY: ACCESS TO MEDICINES SHOULD BE A RIGHT
Recently, The Chronicle in Greater Lewis County, Washington published a letter to the editor from a woman who imports her daily...
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CPPI Director
- Mar 9, 2017
- 1 min
RESEARCHERS TAKE DOWN BIG PHARMA’S R&D ARGUMENT
This week, Health Affairs published a new study that disproves Big Pharma’s long-standing position that high drug prices in the U.S. are...
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CPPI Director
- Mar 3, 2017
- 2 min
5 FACTS ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION
These days, everyone is talking about the high cost of drugs, especially after the introduction of Senator Bernie Sanders’ new...
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CPPI Director
- Mar 1, 2017
- 1 min
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS PROVIDE HOPE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
Congress has prioritized addressing the issue of high drug prices through legislative proposals that are providing hope for the millions...
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CPPI Director
- Feb 22, 2017
- 1 min
KIVI-TV: BUYING DRUGS FROM CANADA
Six on Your Side in Idaho recently produced a segment on the high cost of drugs and how U.S. residents can buy safe and affordable daily...
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CPPI Director
- Feb 17, 2017
- 1 min
WZZM 13: CANADIAN REMEDY
In this video segment, WZZM 13 in Grand Rapids, Mich. provides to consumers living near the border with Canada helpful tips for affording...
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