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Author Castellblanch, Ramón, 1948-

Title Driving Down the Cost of Drugs : Battling Big Pharma in the Statehouse.

Publication Info. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (186 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ch1-David, Goliath, and Prescription Drugs; ch2-How Drugs Got So Expensive; Getting Patent Privileges; Making the FDA a Partner and the Rise of the Blockbusters; Fighting Government Oversight and Exploiting the Blockbusters; The Blockbusters' Toll on America; ch3-Vermont Raises the Cry; The Road to S 300; 1999; S 300; Epilogue; ch4-As Goes Maine; Maine Background; Low-cost Drugs for the Elderly; Senate Leadership Commitments to Supporting Price Controls; Leinonen; Northeast Legislators; LD 2599; Industry Response.
Public Support to the RescueKing-Pingree Negotiations; Maine Rx; PhRMA v. Concannon; Maine Rx Plus; Postscript; ch5-PhRMA Tries Stopping State Action; PhRMA Political Spending in the Early 2000s; Post-Maine Rx State and Local Legislation; PhRMA's Turn to Congress; Industry Building Its Economic Power; Advocates' Continued Fighting after Part D; ch6-So Goes California; California Overview; 1999-2003; 2004: Legislative Leadership Taking the Stage; The Rise of Tension between the Governor and Legislative Leadership; 2005; 2006; Making a Deal; Implementation Delayed.
Ch7-Politically Organizing for Access to MedicinesHearing Voters' Righteous Indignation; Allying with Powerful Progressive Organizations; Politically Isolating the Pharmaceutical Industry; "Framing" after Righteous Indignation; Inferences beyond Fighting for Medicines; Implications for US Health Policy; Appendix: Useful Websites on Health Care Policy and Politics; Bibliography; Index; About the Book.
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Subject Prescription pricing -- California.
Prescription pricing.
California.
Prescription pricing -- Maine.
Maine.
Prescription pricing -- Vermont.
Vermont.
Drugs -- Prices -- California.
Drugs -- Prices.
Drugs -- Prices -- Maine.
Drugs -- Prices -- Vermont.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Medication.
Other Form: Print version: Castellblanch, Ramón. Driving Down the Cost of Drugs : Battling Big Pharma in the Statehouse. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, ©2012
ISBN 9781626373365 (electronic book)
1626373361 (electronic book)
9781935049456
1935049453