From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): We are excited to announce Families USA’s launch of a new national coalition to hold policymakers accountable for addressing high and rising drug prices. The Coalition for Fair Drug Prices includes leading health care consumer, labor, … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): From the March 15th issue of The Atlantic: “Medical debt is a uniquely American phenomenon, a burden that would be unfathomable in many other developed countries. According to a survey published this month in the American Journal of … Continued
Posted at https://faithinhealthcare.org/fhc/beating-pharma-shell-game A trillion-dollar industry is in trouble. And it is fighting back. A Harvard-Politico poll taken after the 2018 elections showed that both Republican and Democrat voters cite prescription drug pricing as the top priority for this new Congress. A new Kaiser Family … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): Parents call PCCY at 215-563-5848 x21 to make an appointment starting April 1st for free dental care during children’s spring break. PCCY’s Give Kids a Smile event is particularly for children who … Continued
From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): Big Pharma has a stealthy plan to keep medicine prices outrageously high by rigging the rules in the revised NAFTA deal. That’s right, the NAFTA 2.0 text that Donald Trump signed late last year … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows that nearly one in three U.S. adults report not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point in the past year because of the cost, and a whopping 86% of … Continued
A version of this article, written by our editor, was published in the March issue of Sojourners magazine. Most Canadians have grown up never having to worry about paying a medical bill. Thanks to their country’s universal healthcare system, everyone gets … Continued
From the Campaign for America’s Future (http://www.ourfuture.org/): Calling for a “complete transformation of our healthcare system,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal officially introduced Medicare-for-All legislation yesterday that experts have described as the most “comprehensive, battle-ready single-payer plan to be released in Congress.” … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): The 2020 Census will be critically important to the future of Pennsylvania, and even a minor undercount would have dire implications that would last for at least a decade. The Commonwealth receives $26 … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): 1 in 5 Pennsylvanians have chosen not to fill a prescription due to cost. Another 1 in 6 have skipped doses or cut pills in half because of costs. 2 in 3 Pennsylvanians … Continued