Updates
Oregonians! Your Voice is needed now to rein in rising prescription drug prices
The Oregon Legislature is considering House Bill 4005, which would require pharmaceutical companies to justify to the…
People are talking: Pharmaceutical companies want you to think they’re holding the line on prices, but consumers aren’t buying it
It’s become a tradition. Many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies celebrate the new year by raising…
Big Pharma launches secretive campaign to kill Oregon drug transparency bill
How far will the pharmaceutical industry go to protect its giant profits? An investigation by the Eugene (Oregon)…
Oregon coalition pushes for drug price transparency as Legislature convenes
As the skyrocketing prices of medication continues to be an ongoing source of outrage in the U.S.
Unused medical supplies tossed in the trash and the cost passed on to you
Picture this: A warehouse the size of a middle school gym, filled to the brim with unopened boxes of surgical sutures,…
Maryland fights Rx price gouging (again). Proposed new law tackles high costs of brand name, specialty medications
Thousands of Americans take specialty medications for conditions from multiple sclerosis to HIV/AIDS to hepatitis C…
Tips for reducing your out-of-pocket health care costs
We all know that health care costs continue to rise dramatically. But this should never deter you from getting the…
$38,000 drug Humira continues to get more expensive for patients, lines the pockets of pharma
Remember the story of Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company that spiked the price of the drug Daraprim overnight from…
No surprise: Drug makers still making plenty of money
Big Pharma wants you to think they’re making a sacrifice by keeping price increases under 10 percent. Drug makers…
Increased spending doesn’t mean better health outcomes for heart attack patients, study shows
A new report published by The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that increased Medicare…