Protect Our Care: Texas Lawsuit Days of Action – Prescription Drug Costs
Last month, the
"The Fifth Circuit's disastrous decision on
Days of Action: Day 8 of 11 focuses on Prescription Drug Costs. To learn more about our Days of Action, visit our website.
What's At Stake: Prescription Drug Costs
If the ACA is overturned, the high cost of prescription drugs would only get worse:
* GONE: Rules that increase competition in the prescription drug market and help Americans access cheaper drugs.
* GONE: Consumer protections that prohibit drug companies from paying off doctors behind closed doors to influence the drugs they prescribe to patients.
* GONE: Nearly 12 million seniors will have to pay more for prescription drugs because the Medicare 'donut hole' will be reopened.
ACA Repeal Means More Profits For Drug Companies And Higher Costs For Consumers.
Consumers could be forced to pay more for drugs. The
Drug companies would once again be allowed to pay doctors behind closed doors (to prescribe drugs you don't necessarily need). Without the ACA's Physician Payments Sunshine Act, Big Pharma will once again be allowed to make payments and offer gifts to doctors behind closed doors. When these payments are made with no transparency, they can create conflicts of interest and blur the line between objective and promotional research. The outcome of the
Reopening the "donut hole" would make medications more expensive for 12 million seniors. If the entire ACA is overturned, seniors will have to pay more for prescription drugs because the Medicare "donut" hole will be reopened. From 2010 to 2016, "More than 11.8 million Medicare beneficiaries have received discounts over
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