RxRights is a coalition concerned about the high cost of U.S. pharmaceuticals. We are dedicated to promoting and protecting American consumer access to sources of safe, affordable prescription drugs.
Our Coalition represents millions of people like you, struggling to fight the tide of increasing drug costs.
Why Do Americans Pay More?
Access to safe and affordable pharmaceuticals should be a natural right for all Americans. Yet there are incredible price discrepancies between brand name and generic pharmaceuticals around the globe. On average, Americans pay twice as much for prescription medicine as people in other industrialized countries. Why? Because big pharmaceutical companies engage in underhanded tactics like price fixing and censorship. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have gone to great lengths to protect the high prices of their products in America.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now considering whether to allow Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions (two pharmacy benefit managers) to merge. Community pharmacists, consumer rights groups and the attorney generals of 25 states oppose the merger, saying that it will negatively influence patient care and drive up prescription drug costs.
read morePresident Obama just released next year’s budget proposal and it has already sparked fierce criticism from the pharmaceutical industry. That’s because the plan would require Big Pharma to give an additional $156 billion in drug rebates over the next decade.
read morePharmacyChecker.com
By Gabriel Levitt
During a recent campaign appearance in front of a Tea Party crowd, as reported by ABC News, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told a mother and her sick son that high drug costs are fair because they are determined by free market forces. It appears that Mr. Santorum doesn’t understand the crisis of prescription drug prices and that the market is failing to price prescription drugs within reach for 10s of millions of Americans.
read moreThe Fiction Behind The Cost of New Drugs
Mon, 20 Feb 2012The Drug Shortage Crisis in America
Tue, 14 Feb 2012Most Docs Say Pharma Ties Should Be Disclosed
Thu, 9 Feb 2012Health law delivers $2.1 billion in savings on drugs for seniors
Fri, 3 Feb 2012I support @rxrights and I am asking all voters to join me in tweeting Congress here http://rxrights.org #rxrights
