In this podcast we interview Rep. Sharon Treat, and look at how Maine handles drug price controls, and what the federal government is doing for prices as well.
Rep. Treat's work in Maine is very admirable. The expansion of Maine's Rx Plus program nationwide could be huge in transforming the landscape of paying for prescription drugs. The notion that the US (much less a single state) cannot negotiate drug prices for its citizens is asinine. Worldwide countries negotiate drug prices for their citizens, which is in part why other countries have such significantly lower health care expenditures (and, ironically, more effective health care systems).
For more information on Rep. Bernard Sanders's Medical Innovation Prize Act of 2007, check out this site: http://olpa.od.nih.gov/legislation/109/pendinglegislation/medicalinnovation.asp
For more information on prescriber education (or academic detailing), aka providing doctors with voluntary consultation and unbiased information about prescription drugs, check out this fact sheet: http://www.prescriptionproject.org/tools/fact_sheets/files/0007.pdf
In this podcast we interview Rep. Sharon Treat, and look at how Maine handles drug price controls, and what the federal government is doing for prices as well.
Rep. Treat's work in Maine is very admirable. The expansion of Maine's Rx Plus program nationwide could be huge in transforming the landscape of paying for prescription drugs. The notion that the US (much less a single state) cannot negotiate drug prices for its citizens is asinine. Worldwide countries negotiate drug prices for their citizens, which is in part why other countries have such significantly lower health care expenditures (and, ironically, more effective health care systems).
ReplyDeleteFor more information on Rep. Bernard Sanders's Medical Innovation Prize Act of 2007, check out this site: http://olpa.od.nih.gov/legislation/109/pendinglegislation/medicalinnovation.asp
ReplyDeleteFor more information on prescriber education (or academic detailing), aka providing doctors with voluntary consultation and unbiased information about prescription drugs, check out this fact sheet: http://www.prescriptionproject.org/tools/fact_sheets/files/0007.pdf
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