If national health insurance becomes a reality, what options should
be considered for the coverage of prescription drugs? The
authors—whose Pills, Profits, and Politics has had a dramatic
effect on physicians, pharmacists, patients, and the drug industry
as well as on federal and state legislators—insist that the major
objective must be the best possible health care. But holding down
costs to patients and taxpayers must also be a goal. Â To
complicate matters further, the advantage of each likely
option—including price controls, the use of formularies, drug
utilization review, patient cost-sharing, and the use of low-cost,
generic-name products—is offset by a disadvantage, even a danger.
If drug prices are slashed too much, the industry will lose many of
its incentives to develop better drugs for the future. Â
Particular attention is focused on the so-called drug lag—the
lengthy delays in licensing of new drugs, even after they have been
used with apparently good results in other countries. Pills and the
Public Purse also addresses the seldom-appreciated fact that
investing tax dollars in needed drugs may save taxpayers in the
long run by minimizing unnecessary physician visits and
hospitalization. Â Pills and the Public Purse challenges
Congress and such agencies as the Food and Drug Administration and
the Health Care Financing Administration to enact policies that put
the interests of the public before those of government, industry,
physicians, and pharmacists. Â This title is part of UC
Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of
California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the
brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on
a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality,
peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1981.Â
General
Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2021 |
First published: |
1981 |
Authors: |
Milton M. Silverman
• Philip R Lee
• Mia Lydecker
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-35645-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-520-35645-4 |
Barcode: |
9780520356450 |
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