“The newly-elected Congress has a mandate to pass market-based solutions, such as legislation that would give patients more choices in their medications. Lowering drug prices is the number one healthcare issue for voters — and elected officials are going to continue to hear from their constituents until drug prices are more affordable.” Read More
"We urge the new administration and the new Congress to immediately address the rising cost of healthcare by delivering solutions that increase transparency, competition and value in the prescription drug market, and we look forward to working together to make drugs more affordable for citizens across the country.” Read More
“The addition of the well-respected Society of General Internal Medicine is crucial as CSRxP continues to build a broad partnership of leaders from every corner of healthcare that are dedicated to fixing the broken prescription drug market,” said CSRxP Executive Director John Rother. Read More
“Right now, the most pressing healthcare issue for voters is making prescription drugs affordable for those who need them. Voters are expecting action from the next president and their newly-elected Congress to fix this problem.” Read More
“Rising drug prices are making trips to the hospital more expensive no matter where you live,” said John Rother, executive director of the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP). “It’s price gouging on the most vulnerable, pure and simple, and Americans are fed up.” Read More
“CAPG’s physicians experience the impact high prescription drug prices have on patients every day,” said CSRxP Executive Director John Rother. “When people cannot afford their medications because of the costly price tag, it’s harder to get and stay healthy. For CAPG physicians and their patients, prescription drug pricing is personal.” Read More
"The consequences of unaccountable price increases for EpiPens are felt every day by millions of families across the country. Sadly, this is just the latest example of drug companies trying to justify their skyrocketing price increases." Read More
Our new fact sheet illustrates how EpiPens as one example of many where drug companies institute major price hikes that compound year after year. Read More
Sustainable Drug Pricing Campaign Endorses Bipartisan Legislation… Read More
“ACHP’s expertise as a national leader in tackling health care challenges is invaluable and we are glad to have them on board," said CSRxP Executive Director John Rother. “Patient-centered community health systems work with families struggling every day to afford costly prescription drugs, and those medications are only getting more expensive.” Read More
After weeks of intense scrutiny on its pricing practices, Mylan Pharmaceuticals announced today that it would offer a coupon to patients that cannot afford life-saving EpiPens. Mylan’s public relations move does nothing address the real affordability problem facing American families: the underlying price of the medication. Read More
“Prescription drug prices rise faster than inflation every year and taxpayers are footing the bill for these higher prices. Even if you don’t take a medication, you’re paying for it," Rother noted. Read More