ICYMI: Durbin Holds Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing In Chicago On Reducing Prescription Drug Costs
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Issues: Health and Health Care
“It is a scandal that people in the United States pay sky-high prescription drug prices while the same drug costs a fraction of the price in another country. On average, Americans are paying four times more than people in similar countries pay for brand-name medications. It’s appalling that an overinflated price tag could prevent an American from accessing the medication they need to live a healthy life. Yesterday’s hearing was about uncovering Big Pharma’s abuse of the patent system and exposing its excessive advertising, which aims to fuel demand for expensive medications that are walled-off from competition by clever patent schemes.”
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