Executive Council Statement
Working People Need Fair and Affordable Drug Prices
… of pocket. If excessive drug prices are not dealt with head on, this situation will become even worse, jeopardizing access to lifesaving medicines. Americans already face the highest drug prices in the world. According to a recent study, we pay three times more than patients in Switzerland for a commonly prescribed rheumatoid arthritis … dollars should be subject to extra scrutiny and be available at fair prices, backed by the government retaining the right to revoke licensing should a drug be sold at an unreasonable markup. We also should explore approaches that begin to …