Access Quote by Chuck Grassley

The United States is the only advanced country that permits the pharmaceutical industry to charge exactly what the market will bear, whatever it wants.

— Marcia Angell

So here's the situation confronting the drug firms: The drugs cost more to make, but they can't charge more for them. What do they…

— Donald Kennedy

I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more…

— Chuck Grassley

In every country except - industrial country except the United States, the government uses its massive purchasing power to negotiate drug prices. That's one…

— Noam Chomsky

“The average American is unaware of this system—the patenting of drugs from nature, the renewal of patents based on insignificant changes, the aggressive marketing…

— Robert B. Reich

While American taxes pay for much of the research and development that goes into creating the new, life-saving drugs, American consumers continue to subsidize…

— Michael K. Simpson

I'd never have guessed that, six years after Medicare introduced a drug benefit, it would still be forbidden to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies.…

— Timothy Noah

Medicare should be allowed to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices on prescriptions.

— Jaime Harrison

It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for…

— Bernie Sanders

I do not accept the belief that the United States of America and our government can't stand up to the ripoffs of the pharmaceutical…

— Bernie Sanders

In case you haven't noticed, a large wall is being built around the American people to ensure that they remain prisoner to the drug…

— Froma Harrop

The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now…

— Michael K. Simpson