Our Mission Statement

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.

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Our Coalition represents millions of people like you, struggling to fight the tide of increasing drug costs.

Why Do Americans Pay More?


Drug pricing

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.

 

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Discussion Forum

McCain drug importation amendment fails to pass Senate

posted Thu, 24 May 2012

The McCain Amendment to allow drug importation from Canadian online pharmacies was put to a vote by the Senate this afternoon (as part of S.3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act). Unfortunately, it failed to pass in a vote of 43-54.

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Stand up to those who would thwart drug importation!

posted Tue, 22 May 2012

Last week, we asked you to show support for Senator McCain’s amendment to allow drug importation from Canada as a part of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act (S. 3187). Since then, a special interest group with close ties to big pharma started an opposition campaign.

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Take action to support the McCain Amendment!

posted Fri, 18 May 2012

We just got word that Senator John McCain plans to introduce an amendment to the Food and Drug Administration act reauthorization (S. 3187) to allow prescription drug importation from Canadian online pharmacies. Please join us in speaking out to support his action.

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