Driving down the cost of drugs : battling big pharma in the statehouse / / Ramón Castellblanch

• Autore: Castellblanch Ramón <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : FirstForumPress, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 368.38/24
• Soggetto topico: Prescription pricing - California; Prescription pricing - Maine; Prescription pricing - Vermont; Drugs - Prices - California; Drugs - Prices - Maine; Drugs - Prices - Vermont
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Driving down the cost of drugs
• ISBN: 1-62637-336-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461372603321
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