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Campaign Launches Nationwide Effort to Highlight Voter Concerns Over Rising Prescription Drug Prices

Jul 11, 2016

“Voters across the country are calling for action by their elected officials to make sure patients and families don’t have to choose between filling a prescription and putting food on the table,” said CSRxP Executive Director John Rother. “The trend of rising drug prices needs to be addressed, and we expect voters will take that message – and a call for solutions – to candidates at all levels this fall.” Read More

Rising Prescription Drug Prices: Can We Keep Up?

May 19, 2016

We need to move toward market-based solutions to increase transparency, promote competition, and enhance value. For the millions of Americans living with chronic conditions - including allergies and arthritis, these solutions cannot come soon enough. Read More

Real People. Unconscionable Numbers.

May 5, 2016

Troubling numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week show nearly 3.5 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis C – many of which are unaware of their infection. Luckily, this chronic illness is treatable, but at a staggering cost. Read More

CSRxP Introduces Proposals for Change

Apr 27, 2016

The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) kicked off the week with the introduction of its new policy platform aimed to curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices through increased transparency and competition which results in value. CSRxP’s solutions come at a critical time in the conversation about drug pricing, as this bipartisan issue garners unprecedented attention among policymakers, voters, and presidential candidates. Read More

One Thing Presidential Candidates Can Agree On

Mar 1, 2016

Seven presidential candidates are still in the race heading into Super Tuesday and all of them are talking about rising prescription drug prices. While they differ in their solutions to this epidemic, candidates on both sides of the aisle agree that drug prices are rising at an unsustainable rate. Read More

Real People. Real Stories.

Feb 16, 2016

Crippling drug prices have quickly become one of the hottest topics in health care. Consumers, patients, state budgets and public programs are feeling the burden, and reports show that we’re just getting started. Read More

What They Are Saying: Candidates Talk Rx Pricing on the Campaign Trail

Jan 20, 2016

Skyrocketing drug prices have been a hot issue on the presidential campaign trail. Candidates on both sides of the aisle are talking about the harmful impact these price tags have on Americans, and voters nationwide have been helping drive the conversation. Read More

What They Are Saying: Candidates Talk Rx Pricing on the Campaign Trail

Dec 4, 2015

Candidates on both sides of the aisle are talking about the harmful impact price tags have on Americans and the facts have been proven time after time: prescription drugs prices are simply out of control. Read More

New Survey: Overwhelming Majority of Iowa Voters Favor Presidential Candidates Who Tackle Drug Industry Pricing

Nov 18, 2015

A new survey from the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing with polling conducted by Morning Consult shows voters in important early primary states, like Iowa, see prescription drug pricing as a hot-button, bipartisan political issue in the 2016 presidential election. Read More

Gilead Can Afford to Take These Three Steps to Lower the Price of Sovaldi

Jul 24, 2014

Yesterday’s blockbuster earnings announcement from Gilead underscores how… Read More