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Issue | Health Care

Fighting The High Cost Rx Drugs

Brand-name drug companies have been paying off generic drug makers to delay competition and keep prices high. This widespread pay-for-delay scheme needs to be put to an end. 

The Supreme Court and the High Cost of Rx Drugs

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
By | Tabitha Woodruff
Public Interest Advocate

Everyone knows prescription drugs cost much more than they should. But I find many people are surprised to learn about one of the key ways drug companies keep prices high:  Paying off competitors to keep generics off the market. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about this very practice.

Here’s That Rx Refill You Didn’t Order

Thursday, October 25, 2012
By | Allison Cairo
Deputy Director

Is your pharmacy refilling your prescription without your knowledge or approval, and billing your insurance company for the cost?

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Health Care

Supreme Court Upholds Health Reform

Today’s decision is good news for consumers. Insurance companies can’t go back to the days of dropping your coverage once you become ill, or denying coverage to sick children. And beginning in 2014, the days of insurers being able to deny anyone coverage for “pre-existing conditions” will be history. 

Issue | Health Care

Making Health Care Work

Now the fight for health care reform is in Columbus, and so are the health care industry’s lobbyists. At stake is how we set up a new insurance marketplace in Ohio — the single biggest tool we have to clean up health care.

Report | U.S. PIRG | Health Care

Making the Grade

When it comes to health care, there are few magic-bullet solutions for the many problems consumers face in the marketplace: insurers don’t compete for their business, leading to higher prices and lower quality. Important information about coverage is buried in the fine print, making it hard to know what’s really covered or which plan is right. And costs are continuing their unsustainable rise.

Report | Ohio PIRG | Health Care

The Cost of Repeal

This report examines the costs and benefits of repeal for the taxpayers, consumers, and businesses of Ohio.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Health Care

Health Care Repeal Would Have Costly Consequences for Ohio Consumers and Small Businesses

Consumers and small businesses in Ohio will face significantly higher insurance premiums and could see costly coverage denials and price discrimination if efforts to repeal the federal health care law prevail in Congress or in the courts, according to The Cost of Repeal: Examining the Impact on Ohio of Repealing the New Federal Health Care Law, a new report released today by Ohio PIRG.  

Result | Health Care

Young People Now Covered

This year, the federal health care reforms that Ohio PIRG worked to win have started to pay off for young people. In the past, teens saw their premiums soar or were denied coverage when they turned 19, even if they’d been insured their whole lives. Now, they can remain on their parents’ plans until age 26. 

Report | Ohio PIRG | Health Care

The Young Person's Guide to Health Insurance

Starting this year, under the new health care law, young people will gain access to new, previously unavailable health insurance options. To make the most of those new choices, you need to learn the facts. This guide is designed to help you do that.

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