Tag: Drug Industry

Drug Companies Enjoy Excessive Profits While Seniors Financially Drained, Study Shows

Seniors are getting financially drained by excessive prescription drug price increases, and a congressional report released this week shows that the situation is unlikely to change anytime soon without fundamental change. The report, “Manufactured Crisis: How devastating drug price increases are harming America’s seniors,” exposed […]

California Healthline: Patients Overpay For Prescriptions 23% Of The Time, Analysis Shows

Customers overpaid for their prescriptions 23 percent of the time, with an average overpayment of $7.69 on those transactions. The overpayments totaled $135 million during a six-month period. Sydney Lupkin, California Healthline As a health economist, Karen Van Nuys had heard that it’s sometimes cheaper to […]