Ask a Patient Opinion Poll

Which ONE of the following proposals from 2016 presidential candidates would do the MOST to help lower prescription drug prices in the US?

(Total Votes: 136)

1) Let consumers purchase drugs from Canada and other countries (22.1%)
 

2) Reduce the amount of time it takes to get generics on the market (5.9%)
 

3) Ban drug advertising and encourage companies to redirect dollars to R&D (15.4%)
 

4) Issue guidelines to discourage price gouging for federally-funded drug inventions (5.9%)
 

5) Give Medicare authority to negotiate prices with drug manufacturers (25.0%)
 

Not sure, all would be helpful (24.3%)
 

None of the above (type answer below) (1.5%)
 


Voter Comments (the following are opinions of readers and not AskaPatient.com)

• Ban companies making bad generics.

• make brand drugs cheaper and ban generics

• Have rational prices - pills that are worth more then gold oz to oz is INSANE!

• Commercials for drugs should not be advertised on TV

• Every one of these should be implemented YESTERDAY!

• Change medicare part D coverage or allow us to accept discount cards

• ad $ for R&D too

• Ordering from Canada is easy and more economical for the purchaser.

• #5 - This would be the best starting point.

• you can get drugs from canada much cheaper and they can be brand names or good generic. MUCH CHEAPER

• It is time someone has our back against drug companies

• Make sure the pharmaceutical companies manufacture the medications the same best quality & dosages.


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