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%) | |
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2) Reduce the amount of time it takes to get generics on the market (5.9%) | |
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3) Ban drug advertising and encourage companies to redirect dollars to R&D (15.4%) | |
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4) Issue guidelines to discourage price gouging for federally-funded drug inventions (5.9%) | |
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5) Give Medicare authority to negotiate prices with drug manufacturers (25.0%) | |
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Not sure, all would be helpful (24.3%) | |
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None of the above (type answer below) (1.5%) | |
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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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