Most Americans want Washington to lower prescription drug prices
October 28, 2015
For those who believe that opinion polls are proxies for temperature readings, the pharmaceutical industry could use an aspirin.
Amid ongoing turmoil over prescription drug prices, a new poll finds that 77 percent of Americans want the White House and Congress to ensure that expensive drugs for treating chronic conditions – such as cancer, HIV, hepatitis, and mental illness – are affordable. And 63 percent want government action to lower drug prices, in general. In fact, these were the two health care items that mattered most to the more than 1,200 adults who were queried by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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