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Health Care & Rx Drugs

 

Current Campaigns

Making Health Care Work

Making health care available to everyone isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also economical. Uninsured Pennsylvanians often seek health care at the emergency room—the most expensive option—a cost that is borne by the entire system. Read More.

Fair Rx Drug Prices

Pharmaceutical companies are taking consumers for a ride, charging unfair prices for prescription medicines while enjoying the heftiest profit margin of any industry. Meanwhile, many Pennsylvanians cannot afford the medicines they need, and our state government is running out of money to help.  Read more.

Hospital Safety

A Pennsylvania state law requires that hospitals report how many patients get infections at their facilities as a result of inadequate sanitary practices or procedures.  Read more.

Safer Prescription Drugs

Pharmaceutical companies make important life-saving medicines. But that shouldn't give them license to drive up drug prices, ignore the risks of harmful side effects, or block needed reforms.  Read more.



Overview

Making health care available to everyone isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also economical. Uninsured Pennsylvanians often seek health care at the emergency room—the most expensive option—a cost that is borne by the entire system.

Soaring health care costs create burdens throughout society, and are the main cause of people filing for bankruptcy.  Health care costs also contribute to rising college tuition as universities struggle to provide coverage for their employees. The ability of businesses to hire new workers or pay their current workers more is also hindered by rising health care costs.



 
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