Health Care & Prescription Drugs News http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news New Survey Shows Uninsured Americans Pay 60 Percent More for Prescription Drugs http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/new-survey-shows-uninsured-americans-pay-60-percent-more-for-prescription-drugs WASHINGTON—Uninsured http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/new-survey-shows-uninsured-americans-pay-60-percent-more-for-prescription-drugs Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:31:49 -0500 Energy and Commerce Committee to Consider Drug Safety Bills http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/energy-and-commerce-committee-to-consider-drug-safety-bills Washington, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee is http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/energy-and-commerce-committee-to-consider-drug-safety-bills Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:09:29 -0500 Senate Passes Drug Safety Legislation: Bill Will Protect Patients From Unsafe Medicines http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/senate-passes-drug-safety-legislation-bill-will-protect-patients-from-unsafe-medicines Washington, DC — http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/senate-passes-drug-safety-legislation-bill-will-protect-patients-from-unsafe-medicines Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:27:48 -0500 New Report Exposes Dangerously Deceptive Advertising By The Pharmaceutical Industry http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/new-report-exposes-dangerously-deceptive-advertising-by-the-pharmaceutical-industry HARRISBURG- Today, the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group (PennPIRG) released a report, "Turning Medicine Into Snake Oil: How Pharmaceutical Marketers Put Patients At Risk," revealing that deceptive prescription drug marketing is both pervasive and dangerous. Some of the principle findings were: http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/new-report-exposes-dangerously-deceptive-advertising-by-the-pharmaceutical-industry Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:09:14 -0500 Deceptive Prescription Drug Marketing Tactics ‘Common and Dangerous’ http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/deceptive-prescription-drug-marketing-tactics-common-and-dangerous New Report says FDA’s Enforcement Policies Ineffective http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/deceptive-prescription-drug-marketing-tactics-common-and-dangerous Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:33:49 -0500 Senate Committee Passes Prescription Drug Safety and User Fee Bill http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/senate-committee-passes-prescription-drug-safety-and-user-fee-bill The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/senate-committee-passes-prescription-drug-safety-and-user-fee-bill Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:29:40 -0500 New Pennsylvania Report Highlights Statewide Toll of Hospitals Infections in 2005 http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/new-pennsylvania-report-highlights-statewide-toll-of-hospitals-infections-in-2005 Statement of PennPIRG Education Fund and Consumers Union, March 28, 2006 http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/new-pennsylvania-report-highlights-statewide-toll-of-hospitals-infections-in-2005 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:10:41 -0500 Pennsylvania Releases First-In-The-Nation Report Detailing Patient Infections for Each Hospital in the State: Consumer groups say report will spur hospitals to improve patient safety http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/pennsylvania-releases-first-in-the-nation-report-detailing-patient-infections-for-each-hospital-in-the-state-consumer-groups-say-report-will-spur-hospitals-to-improve-patient-safety HARRISBURG—Consumer http://www.pennpirg.org/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/pennsylvania-releases-first-in-the-nation-report-detailing-patient-infections-for-each-hospital-in-the-state-consumer-groups-say-report-will-spur-hospitals-to-improve-patient-safety Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:06:50 -0500