A bitter pill to swallow
Subtitle: New Yorkers face significant Rx price disparities
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Prescription pricing; Drugs; Prices
Description: Nearly two million New Yorkers without health insurance are subjected to arbitrarily high prescription drug prices - resulting in millions of dollars in needless spending - according to a new report released by New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Eric Gioia, Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Committee, and other Council Members. The report surveys the prices of five prescription drugs at pharmacies across New York City and shows that the cost of prescriptions swings wildly--in some cases varying as much as 695 percent.
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