Overview

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.

We're paying more than we should for prescription drugs. PennPIRG is working to win fair drug prices for Pennsylvanians.

Drug companies charge uninsured Pennsylvanians 78 percent more than they charge the federal government for the exact same prescription medicines.