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Reject Big Pharma’s Drug Pricing Distractions. Protect Your Bargaining Power.

Everyone should be able to get the medications they need at a cost they can afford. But drug prices are out of control, and hardworking families feel the consequences every day.

Drugmakers create life-saving treatments and breakthrough cures. But the problem is the price. Big Pharma alone controls their prices — and they alone can lower them for Americans today. But instead, they continue to raise prices year after year — even several times a year — making health care more expensive for everyone.

Out-of-control prescription drug prices and costs hurt everyone. Americans deserve effective, market-based solutions that deliver real competition, create more choices, and ensure that open and honest drug prices are driven by the value they bring to patients.

The Facts

$ 18.6 B
Pharmaceutical companies have earned more than $18.6 billion in revenues on new prescription drugs.
22 ¢
More than 22 cents of every premium dollar you pay goes into the pockets of Big Pharma.
$ 3 M
A new generation of therapies cost patients as much as $3 million each year for treatment.

Over the past 20 years, pharmaceutical companies have earned more than $18.6 billion in total worldwide revenues on new prescription drugs that only cost them around $1.8 billion to develop. In fact, more than 22 cents of every premium dollar you pay goes into the pockets of Big Pharma to pay for prescription drugs—more than any other expense.

And costs keep rising. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a new generation of therapies that cost patients as much as $3 million each year for treatment.

Health insurance providers are Americans’ bargaining power, negotiating for lower drug prices for them. When drug prices go down, you pay less. That’s why health insurance providers negotiate with drug companies for lower out-of-pocket costs and premiums for millions of patients. We’re not middlemen — we’re your bargaining power standing in the way of even higher drug prices.

We should not have to choose between innovation and affordability. With the right solutions, and genuine collaboration, we can have both.

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