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2010-01-14
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2009-12-03
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Staff and student advocates from the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) argued for quality and affordable student health insurance plans at a legislative hearing in Boston today. |
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2009-11-30
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2009-08-26
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2009-08-05
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Policies Before Congress Can Reduce Premiums, Improve Care, Save U.S. $3 trillion |
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2009-07-21
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Small business owners are being crushed by rising health care costs, and feel left out of the current health care debate in Washington, according to a new report released today by MASSPIRG, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group. |
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2009-07-14
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MASSPIRG welcomed the release today of the U.S. House’s final draft of its health care reform bill. |
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2009-07-07
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A new report by the public interest advocacy organization, MASSPIRG finds that for the majority of medical conditions, no studies exist that determine the most effective course of treatment among all the available options. |
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2009-06-09
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Health care reform means more than health care - it could mean more jobs and stronger economic growth here in Massachusetts. |
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2009-05-21
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With Americans increasingly concerned about rising health care costs, MASSPIRG Education Fund today released a report finding that health insurers can cut overhead and increase patient care. |
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2009-01-28
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Without action from Congress, and continued commitment and leadership from the Massachusetts legislature and health care regulators, health care premiums and deductibles with employer provided insurance will nearly double by 2016, according to a new report released today by MASSPIRG. |
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2008-08-10
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Governor Patrick signed the Health Care Cost Control Bill that will begin to rein in aggressive and inappropriate marketing tactics by drug companies and medical device companies. Those excessive marketing tactics have resulted in excessive prescription drug costs and compromised care. Direct-to-physician industry marketing promotes the prescribing of expensive drugs in place of equally safe and effective lower-cost drugs and the prescribing of newer brand name drugs that have the least safety and efficacy information. |
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2008-08-10
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Governor Patrick signed the Health Care Cost Control Bill that will begin to rein in aggressive and inappropriate marketing tactics by drug companies and medical device companies. |
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2008-08-01
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The legislature enacted and sent to the Governor last night a Health Care Cost Control Bill that will begin to reign in aggressive and inappropriate marketing tactics by drug companies and medical device companies. |
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2008-07-24
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As the Legislature finalizes their work on the Health Care Cost Control Bill, MASSPIRG supports the inclusion of seven provisions in the final bill, that are especially crucial to begin to contain the cost of health care. |
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2008-04-21
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(Boston) MASSPIRG praised the action of the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday April 17, who adopted much needed prescription drug marketing reforms as part of the Senate President’s Health Care Cost Control Bill, S. 2650, An Act to Promote Cost Containment, Transparency and Efficiency in the Delivery of Quality Health Care. |
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2008-03-03
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Coalition applauds Senate President Murray for including provisions aimed at reining in excessive prescription drug prices in the cost control legislation that she introduced today. The legislation includes a ban on gifts from pharmaceutical companies to prescribers and proposes an evidence-based physician education program (often referred to as “academic detailingâ€). |
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2008-01-17
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At a State House news conference, MASSPIRG joined The Massachusetts Prescription Reform Coalition in launching an effort to lower health care costs through reforming the prescription drug industry. |
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2007-09-27
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Sept. 27, 2007. President Bush today signed the comprehensive Food and Drug Administration bill that focuses on prescription drug safety reforms. The bill holds the prescription drug industry more accountable for the safety of their products by requiring them to publicly disclose drug safety studies, even the ones that show their medicines in an unflattering light. It also increases the budget for drug safety reviews at the Food and Drug Administration. |
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2007-06-25
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Consumers Union called on hospitals today to take more aggressive steps to protect patients from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in light of a new study showing that the superbug is much more common in hospitals than previous estimates had indicated. |
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2006-05-03
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Over the last five years, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent prescription drug companies 170 enforcement letters criticizing “false†or “misleading†advertising that omitted or minimized risks, promoted unproven uses, and made other deceptive claims to both doctors and consumers. Those letters addressed the marketing of 150 different drugs, including Vioxx, Paxil, Oxycontin and Accutane, according to a new report released today by the MASSPIRG Education Fund. |
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2004-10-21
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BOSTON—Uninsured consumers in Massachusetts are charged on average, more than twice as much—117 percent more—for drugs purchased at their local pharmacy than they would pay if they purchased the same drugs from a Canadian pharmacy, and 89 percent more than the federal government pays according to a survey released today by the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, (MASSPIRG). |
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2004-09-28
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BOSTON—Consumer, health care, and senior groups working to lower the price of prescription drugs challenged the findings of the recently released report on the drug industry by the Beacon Hill Institute. |
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09-19-2007
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The House today passed significant reforms to the Food and Drug Administration’s drug safety review system. Part of a comprehensive FDA bill, the bill was a compromise between Senate and House legislation that passed overwhelmingly earlier this year. The bill, which includes strong consumer protections, will be voted on in the Senate tomorrow. |
