American seniors are still travelling to Canada via car, bus and the Internet to beat high
prescription drug costs (see CMAJ 2001; 164 [2]: 244-5). Despite promises by both political …

American seniors are still travelling to Canada via car, bus and the Internet to beat high
prescription drug costs (see CMAJ 2001; 164 [2]: 244-5). Despite promises by both political …

Moderate Democratic members of Congress may be strongly tempted to vote for the
Medicare prescription drug proposal crafted by the conference committee that reconciled the …

Senator Paul Wellstone talks about elderly Minnesotans forced to travel across the border to
Canada to buy affordable prescription drugs. Representative Tom Allen of Maine talks about …

Chairman Domenici, Senator Conrad and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the
opportunity to testify today on Medicare reform issues. In my testimony, I am going to …

Instead of adopting a Medicare pharmacy benefit plan in July, the Senate approved
legislation designed to make pharmaceuticals less expensive for all consumers. The House …

November 11 update. On November 8, California voters chose not to make Proposition 61 a
state law, defeating the ballot initiative by a 54-46 margin. This vote, however, is not the end …

The White House released budget figures yesterday indicating that the new Medicare
prescription drug benefit will cost more than $1.2 trillion in the coming decade, a much …

Of all the concerns Americans face in the first decade of the new millennium, health care and
rising prescription drug costs arguably top the list. Americans spend more money on …

So now Congress has launched a bidding war to see who can propose the largest subsidies
to help elderly Americans afford prescription drugs under Medicare. If only our elected …