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Health care
Americans are spending way too much on health care, and getting far too little in return. Together we can bring down the cost of prescription drugs, prevent surprise medical bills, get providers to rein in skyrocketing costs, and more.
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What is the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act?
PIRG builds on campaign to improve hospital price transparency to drive down high prices in health care
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PIRG joins patients, law professors, and medical professionals in support of FDA decision to approve narcolepsy drug.
PIRG joins consumer advocates in launching campaign for fair hospital pricing
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PIRG supports proposed FDA rule which will better protect patients from inaccurate lab tests
PIRG joins amicus brief in support of FDA decision to approve narcolepsy drug Lumryz
Hospital price transparency needs improvement.
A bad deal: Why you don’t want (medical credit) cards in your hand
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Major step forward to help people struggling with impact of medical debt
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Chopra announced proposals to protect people struggling with medical debt.
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NIH should consider future drug prices when deciding how to patent its inventions
Medical Credit Cards: Are they a good deal?
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Why doctors’ offices bill patients as if they’re in a hospital – and why that should stop.
A site-neutral payment system would protect people from hospital prices in doctor's offices and save billions of dollars.