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AARP is c o n tin u in g
th e fight fo r affordable
p re sc rip tio n drugs.
T h e p h arm aceu tical com panies
have to do th e ir p art.
H igh p re sc rip tio n d ru g prices are a m a jo r c o n c e rn in the
A fric a n -A m e ric a n com m unity. T h a t’s why we w ant A m erica’s
p h arm aceu tical com panies to do the rig h t thing:
L im it p ric e in c re ase s to n o g re a te r th a n th e level o f in fla tio n a n d use
th e ir in flu e n c e to lim it g re a te r m a rk u p s at th e retail level.
C o o p e ra te w ith safe, re a so n a b le d ru g im p o r ta tio n f ro m C a n a d a .
S u p p o rt re se a rc h th a t evaluates th e effectiveness o f c o m p a ra b le d ru g s,
so th a t p e o p le a n d d o c to rs know w hich d ru g s w ork b est.
G ive th e g o v e rn m e n t th e a u th o rity to n e g o tia te low er d r u g p ric e s
if p ro m is e d d is c o u n ts a r e n ’t achieved.
U n til every A m e ric a n can a ffo rd th e m e d ic a tio n s th ey n e e d , A A R P will
c o n tin u e th e fig h t fo r a ffo rd a b le p re s c r ip tio n d ru g s. T h a t’s why w e’ve
w ritte n a le tte r to th e p h a rm a c e u tic a l in d u s try ask in g th e m to take a c tio n .
To read o u r le tte r o r to le a rn m o re about the new p re sc rip tio n d ru g b e n e fit
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