| 02-14-05
The Best Medicine at the Best Price: Pooling Rx Purchases in Idaho - Prescription drug costs are rising rapidly across the nation and the Northwest, in all types of health care programs. To deal with these costs, many states have started negotiating lower prescription drug prices from the extremely profitable pharmaceutical companies — and they are already saving money. Larger volume purchasers can negotiate larger savings, so states are creating large purchasing
pools. By using multi-agency and multi-state prescription drug purchasing pools and/or preferred drug lists, states have projected or realized savings of 5 to 15 percent of their total prescription drug costs.
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| 01-20-05
The Best Medicine at the Best Price: Pooling Rx Purchases in Washington State - Prescription drug costs are rising rapidly across the nation and the Northwest, in all types of health care programs. To deal with these costs, many states have started negotiating lower prescription drug prices from the extremely profitable
pharmaceutical companies — and they are already saving money. Larger volume purchasers can negotiate larger savings, so states are creating large purchasing pools. By using multi-agency and multi-state prescription drug purchasing pools and/or preferred drug lists, states have projected or realized savings of 5 to 15 percent of their total prescription drug costs.
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| 01-13-04
Idaho
Lags Behind Region and Nation in Prescription Drug Savings - With prescription drug
prices on the rise across the nation in all types of healthcare programs, more and more
states are pooling the prescription drug purchases of their state agencies, and are
joining together with other states to negotiate large prescription drug discounts. As this
report details, numerous states are already saving substantial sums using purchasing
pools. But Idaho lags behind the Northwest and the nation in negotiating prices from
prescription drug manufacturers.
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| 03-26-03
Cut Costs Not Services While some states
have implemented strategies that harm consumers and don't address rising prescription drug
prices, other states have started negotiating lower prescription drug prices from the
extremely profitable pharmaceutical companies - and they are already saving money.
By using multi-agency and multi-state prescription drug purchasing pools and/or preferred
drug lists, states have projected or realized savings of 5 to 15 percent of their total
prescription drug costs.
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| 01-24-03
The Best Medicine at
the Best Price Prescription drugs are a top driver of
Northwest state's Medicaid budgets. Many strategies have been
implemented and proposed by Northwest states that harm consumers and do
not address rising prescription drug prices. By using
mult-agency and multi-state prescription drug purchasing pools states
in the Norhtwest can save 5 to 15 percent of their total prescription
drug costs.
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| 04-01-02
The
Impact of Prescription Drug Prices on Seniors. Seniors in Oregon are
disproportionately affected by increasing drug prices. The state can take steps to
make prescription drug prices more affordable.
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| 02-01-02
Drug Buying Pools.
Washington's state budget is increasingly burdened by rising prescription drug
costs. The creation of a regional state buying pool can help alleviate the current
strain.
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| 02-01-02
Idaho's Drug Costs on the Rise.
Idaho's state budget is increasingly burdened by rising prescription drug costs, but
changes can be made to save millions of dollars.
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| 01-01-01
Making
Prescription Drugs Affordable. Prescription drug costs have skyrocketed,
leaving the uninsured particularly unable to buy needed medicine. This report
explains how Washington state policymakers can help make prescriptions more affordable.
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