[Pharm-policy] Public Citizen Releases Latest in Series of Surveys into Prescription Drug Price Discrimination

[James Love]

Subject: Public Citizen Releases Latest in Series of Surveys into
Prescription Drug Price Discrimination
   Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:46:16 -0400
  From: "Diane Williams" <DWILLIAMS@citizen.org>

Public Citizen Releases Latest in Series of Surveys into Prescription
Drug Price Discrimination

On Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Public Citizen, in conjunction with
Chicago Metro Seniors in Action, released a prescription drug price
survey in  Chicago.  The study revealed that Chicago seniors without
prescription drug coverage are being charged retail prices that are
about double -- 101 percent higher on average -- than the prices that
prescription drug makers charge their most favored customers, such as
the Departments of Veterans Affairs. 

For a summary of all state price discrimination surveys by Public
Citizen:
http://www.citizen.org/congress/drugs/statereports/surveysummary.htm 

For the news release and the full text of the Chicago study:
http://www.citizen.org/congress/drugs/statereports/Chicago.htm

Diane Williams
Health Care Legislative Assistant
Public Citizen's Congress Watch 
(202) 454-5197
fax: (202) 547-7392
http:\\www.citizen.org\congress

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